"Yeah, iron and steel aren't jewelry metals. Bronze, silver and gold are the big three. It'll probably be best to have you working on bronze." Then he starts thinking out loud. "Might need to rent or apprentice you to someone who already does the kind of work we're talking about. Sure, you'll be making money for them but the renting option brings in money to me, making more sense than the other, since I won't be spending and my 'man from out in the sticks here to see the center of the empire' cover was lucky to afford you as it was."

His mental wheels are turning. "It would get you experience you need, establish you as someone who can do this sort of thing, and get money, helping maintain my cover so there aren't questions as to how I'm affording things."