Clary had no idea where else to put it. She couldn't very well let someone find it. She just imagined what her mother would say if she found that Clary had been hiding a sword under her bed. "It's hidden." Those two words sounded very lame and Clary quickly regretted saying them out loud.

"Yeah. That." She waved her hands a little bit to indicate what she had meant. "Practice weapons sound good. Are you and Magnus any good at this if you're still figuring it out too?" Clary had a feeling that she was awful at it. She didn't even need to test this feeling to know that it was probably right. She was just an art student, nothing special about her.

"Really? It's almost faded." She pointed to it and while it hadn't disappeared, it was only lightly traced against her skin.