I mean my first instinct would probably to pick up something just in case things went bad. Using magic would likely be a secondary thought until I get used to it.

[He nods. He'd read that in the pamphlets they gave them hadn't he? Either way he knows that.]

Sometimes you need to drive them back and get more space between you, your good or the people you're protecting and them. Less of a risk of getting hurt or blighted right?

[Holy! What is that even? How did she do that? That was clearly not a normal weapon and some kind of giant ... was that a key? His jaw just drops slightly and he's staring on in awed confusion.]

Uh... Is that some kind of magic, too?