"Don't be stupid. If I had Chal, I'd have been out of here ages ago." Leon would have reduced this place to rubble by now if he had access to his and Chaltier's full powers. "It's just a sword. I gave the smith a design that would be familiar and comfortable for me, that's all."

The pole--probably from the closet, from the looks of it--was a pleasant surprise, but Leon doubted it would last long against the monsters here. "There are sturdier things than that around, but it'll do for now. Stahn, this idiot is my roommate, who hasn't bothered to give me a name and seems insistent on following me around like a puppy tonight."