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Knocking on iron was an alternative to tapping solid walls

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If you said something too optimistic, you had to immediately hit a dense structural material to cancel out the arrogance. Touching cold metal became the secondary option when standard building materials were frustratingly out of reach.

Knocking on iron was an alternative to tapping solid walls
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