Bear looks at the blade nervously, nonetheless. "I'm sure you're aware the assassin's guild we know today isn't exactly... exceptional. But they weren't always like that; this, here," he says, gesturing to the ciphered paper, "This is from when they were a real, dangerous power. Their blades aren't just poisoned, but cursed, and anyone handling one is said to be cursed as well. Might just be an old superstition, but with magic like they had in the old days, I don't know what I'd trust. Let me see your hands. The lore says that one who's marked by an assassin's blade always has a sign on their hands."