"Alright... Well, I'm ready.", Alex confirms, a hand first reaching back to the empty sheath upon his right, only to grasp at nothing for a moment, before he realizes his mistake, reaching for the left instead and finding the grip of his new weapon. Damned muscle memory.
"Try not to do anything stupid with that thing, kiddo.", the bat notes to him as he shifts his egg onto a plate. "Its not that blunted stick of a training blade you're used to."
(Bah, BRB. Feel free to post heading over there, Alex'll follow.)