[Ah. Crap. Well, Kaz shouldn't really be surprised that Jesse would see that, but then his tics have never been easy to hide, and sometimes he doesn't bother trying to hide it.]

Um. It's a very old trigger, the spear... My weaponsmasters at St. Quincy's all expected me to pick up the spear or the bo or the nanginata and I just couldn't.

[He digs out his pack and lights up a cig.]

It's my mother's weapon, after all.