[There's a snort at the attempt, but says nothing about it; just carries on the conversation as if he wasn't amused. That shield's held back far bigger things than her. Though if she hit it enough times it would, inevitably, break.]

Our magic isn't like that, although I guess you could say it's pretty similar in the 'religion' aspect. It was given to our royal family a long time ago by the Astrals. Some kind of massive crystal. In truth I don't know if the Astrals are even real, I've never seen one, but the crystal is. It's what protected Insomnia until the day it fell.

Problem being that only the royal family it was given to was supposed to be able to wield its magic. Us glaives were just weird, I guess. It was found out certain people could use it who weren't royalty. So the late King Regis founded the Kingsglaive to help protect the city during the war. We borrowed his magic. Learned how to do this. [Gestures toward the shield.]

Was never supposed to be able to keep it.