[Kratos answers with some faint amusement, even if it doesn't show much beyond his warm tone and something in his eyes.]
It is, but the sword can't tag you, after all -- so you have to tag the sword. For humans, it isn't so easy; but there is a way for a mana-infused weapon to recognise bearers. This sword hasn't been able to harm someone of Aurion blood for a very long time. Not with its fire, at any rate.
[Lloyd is looking very speculatively at Flamberge, running his fingers along the flat of it.]
I wonder if Dad knows how to forge mana-infused items. I wonder if he can teach me. Then I can make you a shield to match.
[The mention of Lloyd's other father serves to cool some of Kratos's internal affectionate warmth, but Lloyd's final statement makes it surge again.]
Just don't name it; it's important that a weapon or shield is named by someone who had no hand in its creation or its use. Yes, I named Yuan's blade.
[This is toward Colette with a smile, who had turned to Kratos at Yuan's indication and is now waiting, bouncing slightly on her toes.]
Oh! Was it for the bird?
[Kratos nods.]
That's right. Have you ever seen a swallow fly? They're quick and darting -- acrobatic. They can turn on a heart-beat. When I first saw him using it, that's what I thought of; but deadlier.
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It is, but the sword can't tag you, after all -- so you have to tag the sword. For humans, it isn't so easy; but there is a way for a mana-infused weapon to recognise bearers. This sword hasn't been able to harm someone of Aurion blood for a very long time. Not with its fire, at any rate.
[Lloyd is looking very speculatively at Flamberge, running his fingers along the flat of it.]
I wonder if Dad knows how to forge mana-infused items. I wonder if he can teach me. Then I can make you a shield to match.
[The mention of Lloyd's other father serves to cool some of Kratos's internal affectionate warmth, but Lloyd's final statement makes it surge again.]
Just don't name it; it's important that a weapon or shield is named by someone who had no hand in its creation or its use. Yes, I named Yuan's blade.
[This is toward Colette with a smile, who had turned to Kratos at Yuan's indication and is now waiting, bouncing slightly on her toes.]
Oh! Was it for the bird?
[Kratos nods.]
That's right. Have you ever seen a swallow fly? They're quick and darting -- acrobatic. They can turn on a heart-beat. When I first saw him using it, that's what I thought of; but deadlier.