"You sword fight?" Mathias asks, turning his full attention to Veronica, his eyebrows climbing as he studies her. "I don't mean to suggest I don't think you could do it, because I'm very sure you can. It's just not something you hear of many people doing, yeah?"

Come to think of it, he isn't sure he's ever known anyone who's even held a sword, let alone been able to fight with one.