"Ah, yeah. I didn't realize that." To be honest, he didn't know what a forge even looked like, not on a planet like this.

"I'm a soldier. Been wanting to pitch in on defense here, but I got disarmed before I got dumped here." Among other things. It'd been a bad week. "I'm trained for knives rather than swords, but I've been getting up to speed with Archeval and Hendrik." Another good name to drop, he was fairly sure.

"Don't know how much metal we've got, but if there's anything for a blade, I'd appreciate it." It wouldn't come close to replacing a good blaster rifle, but at least it'd be something.