"It is, it's just a purer alloy, harder to make, but it produces much finer products," Signy answered, thoughts already drifting the long distance west and down, until they arrived at the forges of Orzammar, always alight, where she had been raised."Part of why it's so expensive is the process takes a lot longer, and requires longer exposure to lower heats, but it forges it stronger." She paused. "Also, it's red. Cuts a very dashing figure in plate armor."
She had smiled at the last thing he said, and the laugh, after she was certain it was not at her for some malicious reason; "That's good to… well, as long as I'm not distracting. Do you usually make small things like this? What other sorts of things can you carve from wood? I saw the size of those trees—they were almost unimaginably huge. You could make… well, I'm not sure, exactly, but something immense."