The two men both focused intently on writing out their notes, then hid them from each other with hateful glares as they passed them to Dominic, to give to Pops.
The Palace Guard medics came in to use their healing spells, and then patch up the two wounded craftsmen while Pops examined the letters that both had given him. Dominic could tell that the master smith already had a pretty good idea who had actually made the weapon, but he was keeping to his word, so nobody thought he was playing favourites.
Then, he nodded to himself, and began the questioning.
"As you believe that this weapon was stolen from you. I will start on your side. The hilt socket on the sword has an imperfection from a misplaced chisel. True or false?"
"True. A wedge chisel."
Pops turned to the other man. "The fuller is off-centre by one millimetre. True or false?"
"True. In opposite directions on either side, but only at the base. They match perfectly at the tip."
