[ Unfortunately, there isn't much he can do to make it more comforting.

Instead, he leans back against the wall, watching his rabbit and ward with a careful eye before he speaks, voice a little lower, a little softer now. ]

Then we can start practicing soon. It's one of the few things I'm good at and I didn't think you'd want to learn how to use a sword.

[ He can leave those sorts of practices for a-Ling, when he wants to do time in the gym and training rooms. ]