Talk:Velvet's Weapon/@comment-25110963-20160111034223/@comment-26397825-20160111073831

It could be a new weapon; she could be very skilled in traditional dust magic and have fairly decent hand to hand skills, but her previous weapon broke or something. A new weapon was required, and this is her new weapon. Explains why she spent ages building it up - she had to literaly build it from scratch, or close to - and her teammates could value her skills and the way she didn't drag them down despite not having a proper weapon - it showed that she's well rounded and capable even without a weapon in her hands.