You don't always get the choice of who you meet at the start and end of a transaction. Sometimes its the grumpy mechanic, sometimes its the cashier whose already checked themselves out. And sometimes its a Kobold smith who can't even reach the height of your hips.

But they're the best you're gonna find out here, that is if you don't mind someone who mixes their food with play now and again. Gurd keeps a close eye on their work, but if I were you, I'd keep a close eye on them with any metal. Things have a way of supposedly " disappearing " around the mischievous Kobold.