Usopp had thought it appropriate, since they really were talking very generally. "Stuff," "things" and "junk" in exchange for "other stuff."
"Mm, it did take us a long time. But we did two--I think it takes one night for each alchemist to make a sword. Our weapons might not be as sturdy or as balanced, but they seem to function. Plus, we could make other things that would take less time. For one thing, we could make bolas or nets or something like that with just the bed sheets and some weights, really quickly. And I had some personal projects I wanted to work on, but I can use something to do between while things are drying or cooling..."
He shrugged. "I don't know. My exploring doesn't seem all that useful, alone, aside from getting materials to go build stuff back in my room. We've got hundreds of people exploring the whole place, and I don't think the people who disappear are vanishing because they've found an exit." Like his old roommate, who'd been here so briefly. "Me staying in my room a little more is probably more useful than me running back and forth from monsters every night. Not that I want to stay in my room all the time, exactly, but I want to be doing something, and this is... I'm not the best at it, but at least it's something I can do. And I have the soldering iron."
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"Mm, it did take us a long time. But we did two--I think it takes one night for each alchemist to make a sword. Our weapons might not be as sturdy or as balanced, but they seem to function. Plus, we could make other things that would take less time. For one thing, we could make bolas or nets or something like that with just the bed sheets and some weights, really quickly. And I had some personal projects I wanted to work on, but I can use something to do between while things are drying or cooling..."
He shrugged. "I don't know. My exploring doesn't seem all that useful, alone, aside from getting materials to go build stuff back in my room. We've got hundreds of people exploring the whole place, and I don't think the people who disappear are vanishing because they've found an exit." Like his old roommate, who'd been here so briefly. "Me staying in my room a little more is probably more useful than me running back and forth from monsters every night. Not that I want to stay in my room all the time, exactly, but I want to be doing something, and this is... I'm not the best at it, but at least it's something I can do. And I have the soldering iron."