"The latter. This weapon is my family's ancestral weapon -- a legacy weapon at that." Which he no longer had the instruction book to, sadly enough. Whatever it did for him, he'd have to develop on his own. Oh well.

Roy wore his armor almost constantly as a rule, so seeing someone else doing so meant nothing to him. "Now to be fair, I would always prefer resolving matters peacefully and through negotiation and diplomacy where possible... which doesn't detract from a word of your statement. I saw the monsters that attacked recently," he said, grimly. "I don't doubt there's worse out there, and that we'd be doing the right thing dealing with them as needed. Which would be easier with an accomplished mage on my team!" he added with a quick smile.