Sieglinde and Reima rest beside the bonfire while waiting for Solaire to return to them, he thinks that he should send Sieglinde off with Solaire back into the Blight Town swamps to search for Siegmeyer while he journeys to Oolacile. While it isn't really required of him to defeat Manus he gets the feeling he might need to acquire something from there... That and he wishes to try and save Sif, if what he thinks is going to happen actually happens then he will need to be on good terms with Sif, otherwise there will be nothing he can do to save him.
Sieglinde "If you don't mind me asking, how did you meet Solaire?" She asks out of the blue.
Reima leans back and tries to remember, it was a while ago but he isn't quite sure how long ago it actually was... "I met him in the Undead burg, on a bridge being protected by a "Dragon" he does quotation marks with his fingers when he says dragon, "We've been all around these lands together, from the top of Anor Londo to the dark depths of the ruined city of Izalith. To be honest I'm not sure how I would've done without his assistance." He says sincerely.
Sieglinde nods, "So you two are close then? Are you perhaps... Together?" Reima immediately scoffs at this. "No, definitely not."
Solaire speaks from behind the duo, "Ah, I've been rejected it seems" he says while chuckling.
Reima stands up and heavily grasps Solaire's forearm, "Yo your back... Thanks for, youknow, dying for me." he says semi-sarcastically.
Solaire returns a firm grasp, "It's no matter at all, after all we're all jolly undead. Besides I suspect I wouldn't be able to finish the scaleless beast on my own, better to just let you handle it! hahahaha!"
Sieglinde chimes in, "It's still impressive... How did you defeat him on your own?"
Reima shrugs, "I cheated... Although one of my weapons got damaged as a result." He shows them the snapped handle of the Dragon king Greataxe. "I remember this, it's from that fake mouth dragon in those sewers if I'm not mistaken?" Solaire inquires.
Reima nods, "I'm still debating whether or not to have it upgraded, dragon scales are a rare resource despite having a literal kingdoms worth of wealth to my name."
They group idly continue to talk beside the bonfire until the discussion comes to Siegmeyer, the mans daughter is very insistent to try find him right away, Solaire agrees but Reima decides to tell them what he plans to do.
Reima "There is a task I need to complete before we start hunting the lord souls again, can I send you with Sieglinde to find Siegmeyer?"
Solaire looks slightly hesitant but agrees regardless, "If you think it's the best course of action my friend." Reima nods in response, "Alright, Sieglinde hold onto me otherwise you might lose something."
The two grab him as he teleports them all to the sewer bonfire in Blight Towns swamp, immediately the stench hits the three causing them to cough and sneeze.
Solaire "On second thoughts, can I come with you instead? I'd rather not be wading through shit again." He almost pleads to Reima.
Reima shakes his head before grinning, "No can do... You already agreed to this, oh, before I leave do you still have enough purple moss? You will need enough for yourself, Sieglinde and Siegmeyer."
He shakes his head and Reima passes him a large sack full of the stuff, before asking if there is anything else they needed.
Solaire "I would like you to give me a message for the sisters... I don't think they'll let you off so easily this time, this is the third time you've come by without visiting?"
Reima grimaces, "No... I'll leave it up to you, please try and persuade them not to beat me..." His friend nods, Reima tells them that Siegmeyer should be somewhere inside of the swamp and wishes them good luck before teleporting to the Giant blacksmith in Anor Londo.
The Giant isn't even slightly fazed by his sudden appearance and just asks him slowly, "Smith something?" Reima nods and pulls out a couple of regular Titanite slabs, chunks and shards before taking his Witcher armour off and laying them to the side. "I need these upgraded", he points to the armour and thinks for a moment before pulling out the Moonlight Greatsword, "And this as well."
The Giant looks over the armour and nods, before taking a closer look at the glowing blue great sword.
Reima "So I'm guessing that'll need twinkling titanite?" he states matter of-factly.
The giant shakes his head, "No no... Scale of dragon, need."... Wait what? This sword looks entirely made from twinkling titanite, other than it coming from a dragon why would it be upgraded by Dragon scales...
He sighs and pulls out a large bundle of dragon scales before handing it to the Giant... "Fine, I hope it'll be worth it..."
The Giant nods his head excitedly, "Good, nice good sword... Will be."
... "Yeah, ok Yoda... Actually come to think of it, do you have a name?" he asks the Giant.
It freezes for a moment before nodding , he points to himself, "Coaugh"
Reima "Coaugh... Like Gough?" Coaugh nods, "You, friend, already."
Reima doesn't really know what that means... He was already friends? Or he know Gough before?... Weird. Reima sits at the side in his "Absolver gear" while he waits for Coaugh to remake his armour and upgrade the Moonlight Greatsword.
After a couple hours of watching the Giant hammer the relatively tiny anvil with his mini hammer he looks over to Reima expectantly.
Coaugh "Done."