"That's right. If you do what I say, you'll deal with them. Now, you're going to need a few things. First off, it'd do you some good to find some ratty clothing you don't care about. Secondly, get a balaclava, or any type of mask you can use to avoid immediate identification. Then you'll need some gloves, cheap gloves. And finally, you're gonna need a shinai, or a real blade that's disposable. Do you think you can get all of that?"
While he was highly doubtful that the adolescent would really deal with this tactfully, this was the most direct method of solving the problem. He'd watched countless situations handled in difficult, roundabout methods. This tended to end things abruptly and.. relatively quietly. Whether the youth would actually listen to him on the manner, and act upon it was something altogether different.