[subaru tips down the rest of his and eagerly follows at meng yao's heel, paying attention to the way they traverse in case he'd like to come by on his own sometime and practice... whatever it is he's going to learn to practice today. correctly wielding and using it, he supposes as he watches meng yao bring out the dagger, marveling a little at its fanciful beauty, and notes the way to hold it, how to best use it in

stabbing,

okay that's fine he'll learn how to do cool twirls and stuff with it in time. striking the abdomen... would definitely cause trouble, he remembers amami and dito's bit, but it pushes too close to fatally wounding someone and subaru thinks maybe he'll just try and disadvantage them instead.]

Yup! And I got to dance with one during a performance last year, so I'm a little more familiar with it than anything else~. Just that though, I dunno how to fight with it. [...] And, uh, can you teach me how to... disarm and stuff people too? In general, not just with this.

[the dagger. the weapon master can teach him how to maybe do it with a spear or pole if possible, but. in general is fine too]