"Strange that we should meet again," the drow remarked, resting his forearms comfortably across the hilts of his sheathed weapons and assuming an un-threatening posture.

A male deity would probably have tossed the sheathed weapon thoughtfully in his hand while trying to decide.

The baron nodded an acknowledgment of the man-at-arms' salute, then stepped through the open tent fly, unbuckled his sword belt, and placed the sheathed weapon on a wooden rack.

Crossing the chapel to where Alister looked up expectantly, he bowed to the altar's Presence and then knelt to lay the sheathed weapon across Alister's outstretched palms.

It contained a standard-issue Bajoran hand phaser, with several replacement power packs affixed; what looked like a dozen or so photon grenades; and a sheathed weapon that Bashir guessed was a kar'takin.

And he handed over the sheathed weapon.

Then he carefully lifted his dress sword's baldric over his head and passed the sheathed weapon to the nearer of the two guardsmen.

Scent of Black Lotus Valeria unbuckled her sword belt and laid it with the sheathed weapon on the couch where she meant to sleep.

But then the cloth wrapping was cast aside, and the sheathed weapon was proffered hilt first.

With some slow deliberation, he took his sword from the travel scabbard buckled to the saddle skirt and inserted the sheathed weapon snugly into his baldric.