[Riku's pretty relaxed, taking a couple practice swings with the stick before letting it drop to his side.] Back at home, we used to play with wooden swords. Since we apparently can't have any sort of normal weapons here, I figure this is second best, right?

[He won't give Xanth much chance to answer though; instead he'll offer the other boy a smile that might be a little bit more on the smirking side than intended. Oh, he's got an agenda, but that doesn't mean he's gonna cut straight to the chase.] Glad you decided to come. Things seemed to get a little bit tense the last time we were all here.