It was odd that Walker found himself standing alone. He knew that his parents were exploring the new kitchen and that his mother would be telling his father every small detail of what she would do. There was also the fact that his father seemed to want to go right to where he had applied to work for the guards immediately to take on his job and learn about the new city.
Lisa was also caught up and he was sure not to see his sister until dinner that day. Unsurprisingly, the wandering blacksmith had already started work on adding runes to the forge furnace. From the sound of things, Walker could tell that very tough metals were used. The hammering sound on a chisel was rare due to the high quality tools the wandering blacksmith used.