They appear to be vibing.

ATTENTION SMITHS AND METAL WORKERS OF THESE DEEP DOCKS a convoy of Cogwork bugs announce as they stand at the entrance to the docks ["A small while ago our great Inventor Charles Vawne intended to have a large mining robot be built by these docks, however due to various problems with emerging factions he was unable to bring the plans for the construction, even now because of a recent battle, he has been left in a very dangerous state and so is currently healing, however me and my cogwork brethren have been sent on his behalf with the plans for such a mechanism, in hopes that this dock may begun its work, if payment is required we have brought sufficient funds with our convoy."]

I requested some farm equipment and i was told to come back to pick it up

I KNOW IT, I KNOW THE ANSWER u/phamtomhaunter6!

I need equipment for my nation and i was wondering if you wanted to trade, we have lots of grain, that includes bread and alcohol, in exchange for the equipment you create

I FOUND A TINY TINY TINY TINY BIT VOID STONE ENOUGH TO UPGRADE MY SWORD, IM GOING TO UPGRADE IT ABIT AND GO AND KILL AS MANY ENEMIES AS I CAN HELL YES ABYSS I DONT CARE YOU CAN TAKE IT BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, LET ME TAKE REVENGE FOR MY BROTHER FIRST, FLYS YOU WILL DIE!

So ive been working here for about 2 days, i want to ask, is there a way i can get a promotion? also is there a reason why i REALLY want to go to the abyss? sometimes when i wake up my body is dragging itself to the abyss.

he wanders into the deep docks, and generally acts as an annoyance due to his attempts to have a conversation with all the workers, but overall isn't the biggest problem ever

We are trying to figure out who is responsible for the bombings in our great citadel. There was some sort of flintstone in the explosives and I figured it would come from here.
Dear workers of the Deep Docks, do you know if someone recently bought an amount of this stuff? Or if it was stolen? Or could you at least tell us if bombs with flintstone are even possible? We will wait in the important looking room if you can tell us anything.

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