"It's a handy little toy." agreed Jack, "And the shapechanging makes it so much easier to get through airport security and the like. Try taking a spear onto a plane and you get all kinds of strange looks." he continued, grinning.<br/><br/>"And since you're a guest in this country, I insist you let me pay. I'm not exactly short of the green myself, and it's something of a tradition amongst my dad's folks. They took their hospitality pretty seriously."