Smither Gary had been smithing alone in this secret base for god knows how long.
During this time, he had not interacted with any other people, so his loneliness gradually increased over time.
Nevertheless, he had his smithing by his side. Thus, he never felt the need to head outside to interact with others.
Until he realized his secret base that had never been discovered was exposed to two unknown people. At first, he wanted to kick them out considering he was working, but seeing them waiting patiently instead of barging right in.
He decided to listen to what they had to say first and communicate with another person after a long time.
And that was his mistake which led to the current situation.
"Tsk, even if you want to request my smithing work, shouldn't you have brought materials of your own?" Smither Gary asked snarkily, clearly displeased at being fooled by them.
