Not only were they on to another topic, the Fae had taken great interest in Jake now that he had gained a System Class.
The System wasn't active in the Fae Realms. Or, it normally wasn't. So, this was a whole new experience for them. When you lived for thousands of years, new things were one of the greatest experiences of your year, even when they were seemingly mundane to others.
So, Matilda and Jake had gained a large crowd of onlookers who were enthralled with his attempts to master the activation of his new skills.
Slate had given him a war pick as a celebratory gift, as it was the tool that he would be most familiar with. The pick on one side, just like he had swung all his life, and the hammer on the other side, the same as was used to pound metal rods into the stone to create holes for blasting charges.
Now, they had drills for that, but when he was young, they were all pounded with hammers and a metal rod.
