[Oh dear, is there a protocol for this? He has no idea, but he switches to video because it's rude to not show one's face during a conversation. So here is one Percival de Rolo looking frazzled and generally a mess at some desk or table working on one of his many guns and devices.]

Ah, yes, I believe so, if we're talking about the same thing. [He doesn't like that guns seem to be known of around here.] I could make it myself, but I thought it would be wise to ask before devoting the time to making it.

As for the ore, I have a list. [He does! It's on paper and neatly written and he shows it off to the camera, which reveals that some are metals and others are things in which to make explosives, among other things. But mostly explosives.] Really, the bl--excuse me, gunpowder is the most important thing I need.