Useful for the Melting Pot

Jon had been collecting scraps of iron wherever he could steal them; discarded nails, hinges off doors, cattle traps, even the greened variety - the kind used for those little statues of the gods, the pocket gods, he smiled to himself, as they too were perfectly useful for the melting pot.

Although his skills were limited, he had gleaned enough to know how to heat and cool to temper … he understood the metal’s character, and what would make it strong, or have it split … and how to hammer and work its weight. He discovered that he had missed this, his employment, and the satisfaction it won, with every new object brought to the world as never before. He made ideas substantial. He could even stamp his maker’s mark if he wanted to. And more than this, he was useful.

-Gabriel Brunsdon, Finding Self - Second Guesses- Azlander Series