This was why he got left in charge of setting plates, not survival. His entire interaction with blacksmithing probably did revolve around video games and perhaps a mention in a textbook. He was a little lazy on the studying side.

"People had to build this stuff a long, long time ago though, right? They had to be able to do it somehow when they were starting out." He just didn't know how. Shaking out his mussed hair, he looked up at Gladio with some naïve hope. "Everything had to start somewhere."