[ The observation gets a wide grin since: no point in pretending like it isn't true, even well before he'd admitted as much in his own words. The same goes for not having used one in the war because that's likely just as readily apparent. ]

No, I didn't. Would've made going on the offensive from wyvernback more difficult so I mostly used bows for the longer reach. Or an axe or magic, but that was even less often.

[ All that to say: archery it was. And still is, even if he's not brought his bow along with him this time around to avoid having too many (obvious) weapons on him. ]

Swords were something I trained on when younger. Where I grew up is known for archery and I always knew I wanted to be a wyvern rider so the two went well together. Except for now, because now I'm paying for being farther behind than I'd like.

[ Well, and then there's also - ] Training on them again might be partially inspired from seeing those far better with swords on the supply run.