"Really?" Tolten couldn't keep the excitement out of his voice. "Anything with an edge would be...it would make a world of difference!"

And the pipe could be passed on to Locke, and that whole problem would be solved!

"I would be forever in your debt if you could! Check, I mean." He understood that it wasn't a definite, but even the possibility of an actual blade was enough to stir the young king to delight. He wasn't even going to ask where it came from, or how Claude had come to have it in his room.