[He watches the arc as it sweeps from sky to ground, turning his attention back to Courier only after it makes contact.]

You can get very hurt, but it doesn't stop people from carrying blades that they aren't fit for.

[Which he says like it's a passing comment, but it's spoken with the sort of conviction that first-hand experience tends to convey

As for the question, there's a smile! And a little twinkle in his gremlin eye as he answers with the super-not-suspicious-at-all:] I am... a swordsman, myself. I have much familiarity with those who wield.