"I don't know... I think the Storyteller mentioned an island with ore on it? Didn't blacksmiths used to heat and pound metal into place or something? Could we do that?"

Basically, he knew very little about that sort of thing and he wanted to believe there was some way they could do it. Pumping water would be waaaay easier.

He snickered lightly under his breath, smacking Gladio's arm with the back of his hand. "And what else would they be? You seemed really into them."