[Baren's openly curious in this sense - turning the sword over in his hand and getting used to the weight of it. The hand holding the sheath lets it rest on his shoulder, a movement that's unconscious and distantly familiar. Even though he'd studied kendo when he was in Japan, he can't remember ever laying hands on an actual sword.

Until now.]

Some of these have inscriptions, right? To tell you who made it, who owned it.... Did you do research or did you literally closet the situation.

[can you believe kashuu has to come out as a sword]

Maybe you were cursed by a witch to have some part of your soul locked away in this one and we need to figure out how to break the spell so you can be a real boy.