[ Oh... Oh no, he seemed to really admire the fact he was learning to use a sword... He felt a little embarrassed to admit: ]

I...still haven't used a real sword yet... I was still training with a wooden sword. My teacher left before I could get too far.

[ Not nearly as cool. ]

But maybe there's someone else here that can teach us. It'll be good to pick it up together! Besides, they're more reliable than guns and magic.

[ And they could share books too... He hasn't met someone who shared his interests in a really long time.

But there are more important things than hobbies.

He's really getting serious about this whole thing. Genis at least knows enough about the police station to talk about it in particular. ]

I can ask my partner if there are any open positions. If it's that much of a problem, maybe he can convince someone to open up a position. I'm pretty sure most people don't have many more skills than you do.