"No." He shook his head with a serious face. "No I am not. I will never wear it. And if I didn't think the City would just pop in another, I'd burn it."
He smiled, then.
"But Charlie and I did have a talk, and we both feel that I should learn to defend myself. I'm going to start classes, and I want to know what it is that you do with the.. things... if I can learn it, I will. If it's too much for me, I promise I'll admit that. I'm not above admitting that I can't handle something."