"Exactly!" Glad that his own point has gotten across, Garry perks up. "That's actually why I thought it would be good to learn how to use a staff before I learned anything else. I mean, all you need after that is anything suffeciently long and sturdy enough. That could be a lot of things." Pulling back a little, he rubs the back of his head with a laugh.

"Of course, it also appealed to me because I was worried about injuring myself too much learning my first weapon... I was fortunate to find a good teacher." She's not around anymore, as far as he can tell, but he's glad he got to meet her at all.

"A whip is certainly something I hadn't considered.... It almost seems like an exotic sort of weapon."