Nathaniel 'Creepster Hermit' Porter (techmech) wrote in emillion,
By this point, Nate was fairly used to nobles insulting him even as they gave him money. Three years under the grasping ways of Master Schue had taught him to hold his tongue, at least until they started demanding refunds, so all he said was "They will be." It was no use protesting the quality of his work; he trusted the locks to do that for him. He knew for a fact that no one in Emillion currently made locks of this design, not even his old Master - Nate had burned his notes as he went.
"Glad to hear it," Nate said to Ari, giving her a small smile while Altair would get nothing but a blank face. "I hope you enjoy the challenge." And challenge it would be; even though he had designed the locks himself and knew them inside and out, it had still taken Nate the better part of a week to figure out how to pick one - although truthfully, before that incident, his skills with a lockpick had been negligible.