“This will protect you!”
The ranger uncovered a gleaming chain mail shirt and handed it to me. It was lighter than I expected. It fit well.
“Is it... Mithril?” I asked in wonder, walking around to see how it felt.
“Indeed it is. Mined in the ancient lands of--”
The clanging of nails from the box I had knocked over interrupted him.
“Oops, sorry!”
I noticed several nails had stuck to my chain mail.
“Oh! is mithril magnetic?!” I asked.
The ranger sighed. “No, but this is an #alloy. 90% iron and 10% mithril. It’s the only way we could afford good armour for the whole party.”
I looked around. The ranger, the rogue, and even the wizard had opened their cloaks to show me they all had similar chain mail to mine.
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