So he was talking about everything else she said about magic and swords, but it's too late to correct her so he's just gonna go with it. Magic and swords. At this point, why not? It means she'll believe him if he starts talking about weird stuff. Right?

(Also did she just call him "youngblood?" He's not sure he knows exactly what that means besides "newbie" but it sounds cool. He wants to be called a youngblood.)

"It's just for self-defense, ma'am, please don't worry. I, I needed it." A pause. "There were these sort of, puppet things? Puppet people? In the place before I got here. At first it was okay, but then they started to get really aggressive, so I took it out of the wall and started... using it." Wow he's never been gladder that he actually takes the time to scrape the blood off. "My friend's carrying a baseball bat. ... um, have you seen a really mean-looking girl in a pink dress?"