"Ohhh... right!" Steven says, smacking his fist into his palm in recognition. "Your daemon!"

Steven hadn't had a real daemon, but that was okay. He'd basically had enough personal exploration for a while, and he already had his Pokepals.

"Um... should I take this?" He gestures at the sword. It just seems like the sort of thing you should do when you see a sword stuck in the ground, right?