[The fact that the prospect of hand holding is such a non-issue for Carver makes it slightly less embarrassing for Ravus to consider. He needs no dark corner, but he will exhaust their other option first.]

You could say so. I prefer swords to guns. They are a far more refined weapon. I do not feel the need to amass a whole arsenal of them, like some Eosians do. [Those damned Lucians and their Armiger.] My sword is a means to an end, and I need but one, so long as I wield it properly.

[There's a freedom is speaking to someone entirely removed from his world's politics. He has no need to censor himself in front of Carver.]

And you?

[Those arms look like they could heft a greatsword with ease.]