[ Sturmhond nods, thoughtful. The truth is, he can appreciate an enemy who prefers a sword. There's something more real about it, more visceral. Guns bring with them a certain detachment, and from one point of view, that's a good thing. Death is never easy.

But he doesn't believe that death should be easy. Someone who kills ought to take responsibility for what they do, and when the sword is in your hand and you feel the weight of it as it enters another person, it forces you to do that. It holds you to account. ]

Well then. That's the answer.

I'm an excellent shot, Clary, but I'm better with a sword. It's always what I preferred. Let me teach you, and I'll make you lethal.

Particularly if you use Grisha steel.

Will you keep it?