Pointy Sticks

He still had a splinter in his gum and he worried it with his tongue as their instructor gave them their next set of steps. He watched as each of the others moved off to find a stone and he had to ask, "Could yer sharpen it with a blade? Or lash one ter th' end instead?" It seemed that steel would probably do a better job of piercing skin if these were to be used for fighting.

While he waited for an answer, he searched around for a stone, and began to drag the wood back and forth against the surface, smiling at the smell it generated, his mind already ticking over other ways he could use this revelation.