[There isn't much use for swords where he's from, even if he's certainly known people to use them. The Shimadas are, in this and many other things, sort of a special case. He imagines that if he were to wield a sword, he'd gravitate towards something like what Chiron is describing. Bigger, broader, more capable of doing real damage.]
Seems to me this is more for show than practicality.
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[There isn't much use for swords where he's from, even if he's certainly known people to use them. The Shimadas are, in this and many other things, sort of a special case. He imagines that if he were to wield a sword, he'd gravitate towards something like what Chiron is describing. Bigger, broader, more capable of doing real damage.]
Seems to me this is more for show than practicality.