I never said anything about being that close..! [ But despite the instantaneous reaction to the other's words, he isn't exactly trying very hard to pull away his hand.. or not as much as he could, anyway. Instead he just ends up looking like a vaguely miffed big child. How does he manage to get himself into this sort of situations.. ]

'sides, how am I supposed to use my sword like this? I'm a pretty amazing guy, but even I'm not amazing enough to use one hand and still have it at full strength..!