"Oh? Hmn." Merlan eyed him with a soft grin after a moment of study. "Well, firstly, you never know when you'll need to stick 'em with the pointy end only to discover you havent got one. Then you just might be rather...dead."
She loved his fashion sense, rumpled and ragged as it was. It suited him, honestly, and the slightly-off crazy thing she was getting from him just made her smile. The whole appearing out of nowhere was pretty damn impressive. Merlan settled on a lidded barrel with her legs crossed to peer up at the man, interest, bright humour, and wide-open fascination written across her features.
"Secondly, I am tiny," which she was at 4'10" and fine-boned," and the animals that might like to eat me are definitely larger than I am and not what I want my end to be if I can help it. I'd really, honestly like a blade for not only my protection but for the protection of others. It's a useful tool if my own magic fails."
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She loved his fashion sense, rumpled and ragged as it was. It suited him, honestly, and the slightly-off crazy thing she was getting from him just made her smile. The whole appearing out of nowhere was pretty damn impressive. Merlan settled on a lidded barrel with her legs crossed to peer up at the man, interest, bright humour, and wide-open fascination written across her features.
"Secondly, I am tiny," which she was at 4'10" and fine-boned," and the animals that might like to eat me are definitely larger than I am and not what I want my end to be if I can help it. I'd really, honestly like a blade for not only my protection but for the protection of others. It's a useful tool if my own magic fails."