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Looking to protect yourself, or deal some damage?
— The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim · 2011
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The smith reduces the adventurer's complicated plans to a practical shopping choice. Either survive the next blow or improve the one you deliver. The easy balance of the question gives it the rhythm of a sales pitch players have heard many times between dangerous journeys.
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In context
Spoilers for The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimShow the scene
Skyrim's blacksmith trade dialogue includes this question when the player asks what is for sale. In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011), the same shop can supply armour and weapons, so the greeting offers both sides of a fight. It is shared smith dialogue rather than a line belonging to just one forge owner.
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- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Skyrim Blacksmith dialogueDialogue / relevant quotation and surrounding sceneReference checked
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