The machine arrived before sunrise. It came on a wagon reinforced with iron. Four men unloaded it. A fifth carried a wooden case containing gears, belts, fittings and a handwritten manual. The Apprentice walked around it twice. “What does it do?” The Blacksmith ran his hand along the machine's steel frame. “Hammers.” The Apprentice looked toward the ordinary hammer hanging beside the forge. “We already have one.” “Not like this.”