"All weapons are alive," Jack interjects, swooping in a way suggestive of a swoon. "Like Red Hilt... what a dame!"

"Red Hilt seems inanimate to me," Magnus mouths. He signs it, too, just in case Tally knows sign language -- Jack doesn't have eyes. Or ears, really, for all that he can hear. But he can hear, and Magnus doesn't want him to hear that.