[The amusement is definitely mutual, and if he were capable of showing any kind of smile more than once every...well. Never. He would be right now. But, he approves of this response.]

That was my next suggestion. The less they have, the less disgusting they can be. You could also give them the option of living in the stables.

[cadets who lived like animals may as well live with them, after all.]

Some. I have more experience with blades.

[double wielding blades while flying through the air, but details.]