Huh. [That's not suspicious at all! Except that it completely is, because people just fight, in his experience; there's no such thing as total peace 100% of the time, so either the government is grinding its heel into the people here, or the dire circumstances are about to explode anyway.

That, and a friendly swordfight never hurt anybody. Emotionally. Probably. But great: another place where he can't do the one thing he's good at because somebody will get sensitive about it.]

Well, thanks. I'll keep it under wraps as best I can. Maybe find a cave somewhere and bang on the walls for training.