[ There's a faintest tilt to his lips at that. She isn't wrong. Except he can't pick up just any plain cheap sword. Or. He could but it would never match what he's used to carrying. He already isn't familiar with all the creatures in this sphere; he isn't about to hunt them with a blade not up to standard. Jaskier's dagger will do while he's in the city until he can scrape together enough to get proper one forged—find a smith who's capable.
He settles a little easier, when she leans forward with a spark in her eyes. When they leave the topic of this world's politics and innerworkings behind. (It's so unusual to be looking at not only a woman with the eyes of a Witcher, but a woman who nearly behaves like one, too. She isn't one, obviously; could never be one—but some instinctive part of him can't stop trying to see something that isn't there.) ]
Mm. [ His gaze flicks briefly to the weapon she has on her, then back to her face. Thorne really did lean into their welcomed guests, didn't they? ] Not one or the other. It's—
[ He indicates a length with his hands that, if she knows her swords, is too short to be a longsword but too long to be an arming sword. Both and neither all at once: a two-handed grip with what's closer to a one-handed blade. A Witcher's sword. ] It can be either, depending on the fight.
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He settles a little easier, when she leans forward with a spark in her eyes. When they leave the topic of this world's politics and innerworkings behind. (It's so unusual to be looking at not only a woman with the eyes of a Witcher, but a woman who nearly behaves like one, too. She isn't one, obviously; could never be one—but some instinctive part of him can't stop trying to see something that isn't there.) ]
Mm. [ His gaze flicks briefly to the weapon she has on her, then back to her face. Thorne really did lean into their welcomed guests, didn't they? ] Not one or the other. It's—
[ He indicates a length with his hands that, if she knows her swords, is too short to be a longsword but too long to be an arming sword. Both and neither all at once: a two-handed grip with what's closer to a one-handed blade. A Witcher's sword. ] It can be either, depending on the fight.