[He should probably drop it. He always does in the end. But for the moment?]

It doesn't have to be a battlefield! Not everyone learns expecting to go to war. Maybe it's in case somebody tries to attack you in the dark, or you're protecting your home, or maybe you're in a bar and someone makes a comment about your sister - or you want to run off on your own because everyone else is using fancy teleporters.

[Is there more to say? Probably, but he shrugs a bit and casts his attention to the water.]

But hey, it's fine. It just means if someone says something about your sister, I'll have to beat them up for you.