"Aye, but the problem is, this is going to take far more effort, skill, and expense than is reasonable for outfitting an anyone but you, let alone a small army." He grins. "Besides, dragons need room to fly, and our tunnels aren't large enough for that."<br/><br/>He explains that, with this complex design, even simplified, it's going to take him at least three weeks of work to finish; a portion of that will simply be making the tool required to perform the extremely delicate and precise work needed to make it work perfectly. And that's just for the weapon; the enchanting will likely take a week or two, beyond that.<br/><br/>He's led to a large, six-story inn, designed to obviously human standards, as opposed to the res of the city. When he arrives, the sphinxes are down in the common room, which is fairly empty, as it's still relatively early in the day, beckoning him over to joint hem for drinking, and inquiring how the meeting went.