Diarmuid shakes his head, "No, I am here alone. Well, I have my brother too, but we met here, so he's not my brother by blood. It still counts, though. He's the best brother ever!"

"So 'sentient' means being a person? Okay!" The boy's eyes light up in understanding, "Then, yes! I think they are. I could tell they were happy to have me touch them. It was a sound that I only can call singing! The spears sing with female voices and the swords with male ones! It was so pretty. I can't wait until I am strong enough to wield them. Father says I can hear them so well because they know I understand them."