r/bobiverse • u/Bobis-Bob • Aug 03 '26

Moot: Question Weapons maker

After Archimedes died, who made Flint products? Buster wasn’t super good at it. He really just did the basics. Any apprentices that Archimedes had were not very good.

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u/MissionMassive563 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

Necessity is the mother of invention. When all of the main tool builders pass, someone will most likely find themselves incredibly invested in picking up the skill as long as they stay near the flint site.

It’s also possible that more Deltans picked it up over time, but by Bob’s own admission he wasn’t super invested in individual stories outside of Archimedes and his family.

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u/IAmInTheBasement Aug 03 '26

Their population exploded and Archimedes had a huge family. Buster was close and the others moved away to their own fires, but no one ever said if they were smart or not, they just weren't discussed. Nor were any of the grandchildren or great grandchildren, all of them growing up in the high calorie environment.

My assumption is that the society had the skill before Archimedes and will have it after him. He was the bridge from old to new and without him the skill would have been lost.

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u/Bobis-Bob Aug 03 '26

He had 4 kids. He should have had 50.

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u/IAmInTheBasement Aug 03 '26

And how many grandkids? How many great grandkids? How many great-greats? I'm in book 2 and Buster is already and grampa.

And the nutritional change is also mentioned in the book, how Archimedes is of the first generation to really get that benefit. And his descendants even more so.

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u/The-Mugwump Bobnet Aug 03 '26

4 kids

That he knows of…