[man, if there weren't a ban on the magical item trade, Dave would just let Dirk have the sord. and also, daily reminder that the sord and its inherent shittiness makes it actually considered magical.]

Yeah, dude, right after this if you want. I actually got another one just like it, except it's an actual sword instead of a glorified and very shitty wiffle bat.

[that's ... yup, that sure is a thing he owned up to. but he just started talking about it — look, he was told he needed a weapon that wasn't a glorified and very shitty wiffle bat, so that's what he went with.]

[he's not entirely sure how he feels about being carried, but he also doesn't want to fail here, and he especially doesn't want to see Dirk give up again. and it isn't a terrible plan. so he nods, slowly, after a minute.]

But yeah, that works.