[He won't beat her up unless she tries to run away with him or something, okay!! But he trusts her not to do that, too... Mutual trust that they won't heck up each others day, basically.

Anyway, he'll wisely leave that remark without any return commentary of his own, just watching instead as she gets used to what it feels like to hold a weapon like this. Just don't cut off his circulation Lili, gosh...]

Most of our weight's in the tsuba and hilt. Blades have to be pretty thin to cut through things efficiently, yeah? Mm - except some European swords, I guess, but they're made more for hacking than slicing. Oodachi are pretty heavy, too... But most people used tachi or uchigatana since most of the super popular styles rely on speed and cutting, not brute force.