"You don't know my specialty very well, just sayin'. Any particular requests?"

"What is your specialty?" he asks instead.

"Let's keep it a little vague. You've seen the longlegs - apart from that I can do some stuff with electrical charges, take a stab and I'll see if it sounds doable."

"Come on, give me a hint. It's movement stuff, you're good at that, right?"

"Sure, let's go with that. Oh by the way, if the connection cuts out on your radio just switch 'phase' to 'B'."

"Sure. ...you made this too? You good at comm stuff?"

"Just radios, really. And you can bet comm stuff will need more maintenance."

"Hmm fine. So okay, I'll ask you for something and if you wanna do it I'll drop stuff for you to pick up somewhere and any leftover parts are yours, sound good?"

"Yes, that was our deal. But I have to approve of the something, and I might need to request a few specific things."

"Okay so first thing I want one of those legs of yours."

"If you feel like waiting two weeks for me to make them and practicing for another three weeks and probably falling on your face a lot, maybe. How flexible are your toes?"

"Flexible enough. What'll you need?"

"...You do realize that my equipment needs a lot of maintenance, right? I can try to make it work with minimal chance of breaking suddenly on you, but it probably, uh, won't."

"I have ever met a tinker yes."

Hm. 

...This guy is probably some kind of criminal.

But then, I'm some kind of criminal. I need the parts if I want to keep the suit running and make rescue gear. I don't actually have any evidence this guy is a villain. And I can always stop fixing it if he is.

"Alright, alright... It'll be a somewhat suckier version of the longlegs if you want it to be slightly durable and easier to use... Should still be able to run and jump, just clunkier. And I'll ask for a lot more parts for the initial build than I will for maintenance and repairs."

"Sure, sure, that works."

"And I don't owe you maintenance or anything. I'll do fixes for more parts, but a support plan is not part of this deal."

She starts listing parts.

He writes them all down and asks for a couple of clarifications.

The most troublesome thing she wants is some titanium. "Unless you're fine with your shiny new gear being made from shitty boat graveyard steel."

"Where did you find titanium for yours?"

"I didn't. Used aluminum, mostly, steel on load-bearing bits."

"Hmm. What gets worse if you don't use titanium?"

"It gets heavier, mostly. Which messes with performance. And steel's kind of prone to microfracturing."

"Any other alternatives?"

"Steel, titanium, aluminum. I could whip up a nice thermoplastic with some stuff from the supermarket cleaning aisle, if you want to be really cheap."