User blog comment:Flutterhawk/Ask My Characters Anything!/@comment-24487330-20140819223303/@comment-23929867-20140820021055

Kitty: Camo, first off, you're mistaken. The Vulcan Refinery Corporation doesn't produce Dust or Dust accessories. That's the domain of the Schnee Dust Company. We produce metal. We take in raw ore from our facilities in the mountains, refine it into pure metals, and export ingots of both pure metals and alloys.

Now, as to your other question. My dad is on the board of directors, which may be why you've heard our last name before. But he also personally delivers shipments of metal to Pharos Academy, which is in the same city as our hometown. When he delivers these shipments, he often substitutes for the Pharos Academy Forgemaster, so the latter can perform an intake and process the shipment, a process I am told is quite taxing. It was during one of these deliveries that he helped me forge Heaven's Fang, which was my final exam project for my required Weaponcrafting class.


 * Kitty blushes at Lan. Emily seems a little embarrassed, and a mite uncomfortable. Mad Max is unimpressed.

Max: Oh, my weapon? I made them during a summer course at Signal Academy. Apparently Beacon won't accept you if you don't have a "proper" weapon. Pffft.