[ Apparently this is a] not the response he was expecting, and b] the surprisingly right one. His eyebrows go up, bluntly approving. ]

Good. Makes you less likely to send a soldier into the field with a blade that will crack down the middle the first time he swings it.

[ Also the correct response: gently, if inadvertently, fluffing his ego. ]

You're welcome to observe, if you can find anything to sit on without scrap metal all over it. But if any of my work shows up in yours later I'll have your fingers broken.

[ Haha! What a gruesome joke! He's smiling when he says it so it must be a joke, right? Definitely! Ha. Ha. ]