"That would drive him up the wall." Maglor agrees.
"He was never content but to be able to make something." he shakes his head. "Father wanted all of us to folllow after him in the forge." He explains. "Although only Curufin ever had skill enough to do so, he insisted that we had, at minimum, basic skills. But what Father considers basic is... mm, perhaps not so much so for other people, as I learnt. I don't have a mastery in jewelmaking, but I've found I know quite a bit more than the average novice! I don't know that we can get the things to MAKE our own gems here, but I might be able to teach you how to do some of the simpler things, like catching light in stone, if we can buy or fossick some of our own."
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"He was never content but to be able to make something." he shakes his head. "Father wanted all of us to folllow after him in the forge." He explains. "Although only Curufin ever had skill enough to do so, he insisted that we had, at minimum, basic skills. But what Father considers basic is... mm, perhaps not so much so for other people, as I learnt. I don't have a mastery in jewelmaking, but I've found I know quite a bit more than the average novice! I don't know that we can get the things to MAKE our own gems here, but I might be able to teach you how to do some of the simpler things, like catching light in stone, if we can buy or fossick some of our own."