Now Hephaetus,having repaired other firearms,knew there was something odd and unusual
about Slars weapon,besides the fact it was of a antiquated design.
So the blacksmith trotted back into his house and fetched a
Winslows Antique Firearms Manual
and then since locksmithy was a sidebusiness
of his fetched the bundle of lock and cuff lock keys he
kept in one shelf.
He came out
gave Slar the Winslow to match up his old gun with the descriptions of old guns in the Winslow.
Hephaetus then got to work on the red cuffs and after about a half hour of trying keys found the one that
unlocked the cuffs.
Then Hephaetus tossed the open cuffs to Issac and got back to
Slar and his mysterious antique shotgun.
Slar had a look of triumph on his face on pointed to the picture
of a century old gun,a Schnauzbauer 12E
Hephaetus looked at the picture,handled the actual shotgun
and shook his head in the negative.
He flipped through the pages and then tapped his finger on the picture of a
Schnauzbauer 3R
"Then Hephaetus traced his finger down the list of serial numbers and Regimental issues that had
been issued the Schnauzbauer 3R a century earlier
"What you have here my boy" said a truly excited
blacksmith
"is a Schnauzbauer 3R that was issued to the Sky Kingdom's
33rd Aerial Dragon Corp"
"The Lost Corp" spoke Mary "Thundersteins Last Stand"
Both Mary and Hephaetus stared at a somewhat slow to comphrehend Slar
"Just where did you get this gun" they said together