"If they would agree, I would teach you. I would assure them that the sword would be not sharp, nor the blade heavy. It may still hurt if you drop it on your foot, but that is not often done more than once," she chuckled.

Whether he would remember that he wished to learn to use a sword after this time, she did not know, but she would teach him. As for how she would explain the forces of Evil to a child, she did not know either.

"They are fighting those who would wish to destroy my land and my people. We cannot allow this to occur, so my brother fights. I would fight too, if I were there, but I am not. Instead I protect you and all those here, and that is worthy also."