He nodded, having half expected that answer, but pressed on anyways. "Before I respond to that, do you know about breech loading? Its were you cut a portion of the tube out, put a sliding flap over it, and you load the powder and other items directly into the bottom of the barrel. So you don't have to stand up to load the thing. Or so you can load the cannon from behind, rather than running in front of it, meaning you can put metal sheets on the front half so to protect the crew on it.<br/><br/>Back to your opinion, that is why I am asking if you can, rather than simply requesting it. If you don't believe you can, then we can try for one of the larger ones, or I can get a good longsword built for me. I am not expecting this to be a primary weapon, or even a secondary. This would be something I pull out when I am truly up the river without a paddle, and I have a waterfall with white water at the bottom of it coming up in damned hurry.<br/><br/>But back to this. This is the weapon type I was trained to fight with, and having to go back to a sword and other close combat skills means that the entire reason I got the Summer Knight position is due to weapon skills that are completely and utterly irrelevant to the job. This would be like having an astoundingly good apprentice that can make light weapons like a grandmaster smith, and then gets asked to make jewelry for the rest of his life. If it can't be done, or if it can be but would be a waste of time all around, then I will have to improvise and come up with new skills. And I have no problem with that. But I want your honest opinion, as even the Summer Court admits are the best, hence why I got sent here."