Lauren was about to answer the boy's question when she heard Alec's knife clatter to the ground behind her. Turning in time to see the sloppy swing, she sighed inwardly. "Looks like I have my work cut out for me this week." She muttered. Turning back to Luke, she said "Again, you're thinking about only yourself fighting. You can worry about how it's going to work later, for now just show me how you use them." Grabbing an axe for herself from the rack, she proceeded to demonstrate how it should be used. Somehow she made swinging the crude weapon around look graceful. "Hand axes are a good weapon for someone without a lot of physical strength, since the weight and design of the weapon will add force all by themselves." Bringing the weapon to rest in both her hands, she continued. "When using an axe, you rarely have to worry about complicated things like your opponent parrying or blocking your attack, since an axe usually just powers through other weapons. I'll also say that your training here isn't about reenforcing what you already know, it's about adding new skills to your arsenal. My mother had a favorite saying when I was growing up, and that's 'If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.' What would happen if all you learned how to use was guns, and someone took your firearm? You shouldn't count on always having your weapon of choice, and that goes for all of you." The last part of her speech was directed at the whole group. "I want everyone here to switch what weapon they're using for training at least once this week."