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me: Yeah, I'm taking a welding/forging class.

him: please tell me you're building a terrorist-killing armor suit
PLEASE
doesn't even have to be true
just tell me
and if you could say something about a cave and some scraps, I would sure appreciate that.

me: That's the plan.
I mean, it'll take a while. I'm not Tony Stark. I couldn't do it in a cave, with a bunch of scraps.

him: YES.

me: Quite welcome.