"It's fought high and far--about chest-height, at near the full extension of the arm," says Laertes, drawing his sword and dropping neatly into en garde. He has a dagger sheathed on his other hip, and something in how he holds his back-stretched hand communicates that he's used to wielding the dagger in it as a parrying weapon. "The rapier's best as a thrusting blade; it will cut, and cut like grief if the edge is sharp enough, but it hath not the mettle to hew armor or bone. The aim of it is to score a touch upon the opponent's arms or breast."