[ Shrugging is not the most encouraging answer, but Ten does not push it. ]

You must know a lot about them. I don't think I know much more than which ones you use to butter bread and which ones you use to cut meat. [ He's widely versed in the art of knives, as we all can see. ] You don't think it's alive? [ he asks, brows rising. ] Maybe not in the sense that you can communicate with it, but I think anything that holds as much life as all the people here bring to it has to have absorbed some of it for itself.

[ He takes a deep breath in, like he's demonstrating something. ] It just feels that way to me.

[ Humming, Ten taps his chin with his forefinger. ] Maybe it's a good time to cultivate some new skills. Maybe a hobby!

One that isn't sharp and pointy.