Sword or not, you should hold onto it. Sharp is useful in the right hands.

[ Because ha ha this is one hell of a fun situation to find yourself in!

Hua Cheng folds his arms behind his back, stepping easily to look at her device from a close but not too close vantage point. ]

You really stop counting and paying attention to that kind of thing after a while, in my experience. I don't know about the rest of them.