Al's normal human ears twitched as he caught wind of a future meal.
"You mean you'll just pay people in food to punch stuff?" he asked, walking over to Noah. "Or better yet, to show you how to punch stuff?"

"...I'm pretty sure large cities usually have martial arts schools. You could learn fencing. Or spearing." he explained. "Actually there's probably manuals on that in the library. Or better yet..."
He nodded at the boy, then Haruka. "There might be books on treasure in the library. Treasure we can use to buy food. Or more swords. Or even... that." he stared into the distance.

"Let's go to the library."