Joe saw Kae coming.  His eyes did widen as he saw her coming closer, though.<br/><br/>He had been out of the ring for too long, he chided himself for being off guard at some of the more exotic choices of outfit.  This woman's appearance was nothing compared to some of the costumes he had seen stained with blood, spit, and sweat.  He relaxed just a little, though not completely and he certainly didn't keep his hand away from the sword.<br/><br/>He found his tongue after a few seconds and even offered a gentle smile.<strong>"I can't tell you.  I just bought it a few weeks back, though I've never seen even the best made regular blade chop anything so cleanly.  I was told, of course, that the Musashi Monokatanas<sup>(tm) </sup>keep their edge forever."</strong><br/><br/>He chuckled and shook his head.<strong>"Even if that's true, some tough will hit the thing right in its weak spot and shatter the blade, and then I'll be back here with worse wounds than this."</strong><br/><br/>There was no lack of mirth in him.  Fighting was just something to do, and having things go wrong was just more spice to deal with the boredom.<br/><br/><strong>"Regular checkup for you, I hope?  Ms...Kae?"</strong>He swore he had heard her name and seen her before, but maybe he was thinking of the doggirl that came in sometimes.  Either way, it didn't seem much was wrong with her, and he hoped it stayed that way.