Maybe you should heed his advice, it is his body. He knows it better than anyone. [Dave points out as he picks up a slice of pizza. He wolfs down the slice before he keeps going. He hasn't had time to sit down and eat lunch. Normally he'd have had it by now. Being paranoid and wary of something following him had spoiled his appetite.]

I mean despite being trainer-raised there are probably some dangerous things still happening. A sword doesn't stop being a sword just because it changed hands. It's still a lethal fucking weapon even if you dull the edges. Some Japanese style swords have a duller edge and were used for assassinations and stuff like that. They end dirtied the blade so it would make the wound all the more fatal if they didn't quite kill their targets.