Faolan thought about the things that Hawk had told him while making swords and teaching him to hunt. A knife and a bow and a crossbow could be used to hunt and to defend yourself, but a sword was only used to kill. Hawk didn't want Faolan to use one.

Instead, he turned to look at the bows and crossbows. He knew that the bows that were there we're way to big for him, and decided that he had to look for a child's bow later. For now, he picked up a crossbow, exploring the feeling of holding it.

The knife was good, because it was close to just having claws, but the crossbow was a definite weight in his arms, something that couldn't be anything but separate from him.