"Like you're too small for those weapons," he said, grin halfway between teasing and a general fondness. "But that's okay, you're in the same boat as me on that. Or any other Hylian, actually. Gerudo weapons aren't meant for little people like us."
He took another bite of his food, that was rapidly disappearing. "You also don't look like you know how to actually hold either that sword or that shield. And that's something we're going to change after we've had a chance to visit people and can spend a few days not running all over the kingdom for hours on end. I'm not going to let you replace me with your own skills, but you're going to know how to hold your own to buy me time to get to you if we get separated or overwhelmed."