That definitely catches his attention; Altaïr has a hard time imagining a blade that can't be made here, but the man seems certain.

"Jayce and Viktor make impressive weapons, I wouldn't count them out," he says. "But I take your point. Best to keep it safe for the sake of demonstration — though from what I saw, you wouldn't have any trouble maintaining control."

It does make him wonder how he trained, and who he used such skills against. But those are not questions for having just met.