Xue Yang has never felt more useless then he did on the last mission. He would like to avoid ever having that feeling again. Which is why he is so anxious to get himself a sword..or two.

He looks towards the blacksmith, "Anything else important we should know about the mountain? Besides lava and dangerous dogs." So far there doesn't seem to be anything particularly scary about this trip. He doesn't want to be caught off guard either.