"It does, but I still have my pride. Easily bruised, you see." He feels the weight in one hand, slow dip one way, then the other. A short twirl.

"Obviously the point isn't to smack each other silly. I don't think I have to explain how this works to someone as experienced as you. I certainly wouldn't let some of the kids try to fight with these yet when they still can't quite grasp the idea of physical communication rather than absolute dominance. Ha, although, given our conversation, it sounds like I haven't quite learned that, either." Good thing terribly bruised egos is just a joke.