Raven had to think back to how long the weird had really been happening....8 years now? But there was a definite difference between being vaguely aware but not paying too much attention to it to being fully aware and throwing yourself into it. Then again, she was a Teen Titan, she couldn't just not help.
As for the question of a weapon.
"Not on me. But I can get you one."
Alex would be in for a crash course of just how unusual and peculiar things could be if he took her up on that since it would require Raven using a portal to get him a weapon. But well, that was the nature of this place.
Or she could see a Stormtrooper come towards them, blaster raised.
"Azarath Mentrion Zinthos!"
A protective shield went around the two through telekinetic energy that she then manipulated to blast the Stormtrooper aside and unconscious.