[She cannot help the skeptical look which possesses her. Remarkably irregular? Remarkably poor? Remarkably indicative of an education had outside the vaunted halls of whatever Orlesian institution he likes best today, perhaps?

A separate sheet of paper is produced and offered in trade for whatever scrap he's claimed.]

Here is the new list of components. The new design will require some additional smithing work not indicated in the initial drawings and I have yet to refine the exact shape, but I believe with these we may successfully avoid questions of either having to re-glyph the weapon, or risk the whole project losing its use should I suddenly disappear back into the Fade. So as to the question of funding, perhaps you might begin first by telling your counsel that the project has secured some newfound stability which was not present last week.