Taako accepts the seashells carefully, busy taking in the concept of this maladapted gremlin child being worried about Lup keeping her 'special treasure.' It's fine, this is fine. Ren wants Lup to have nice things, why is that messing him up? He's not gonna dig, but it's probably to do with that sentiment coming from someone who understands not having much that could be called special or a treasure. And besides, it's pretty relatable, Lup deserves all the coolest knives in the world.

Look, Lup, what can they do? What if she values her freedom, like all good woodland creatures, and doesn't want to be smothered by concerned elves? Sure, he'd prefer if she took the knife, but that's probably never going to be anything but the worst kind of last resort, that's a close quarters weapon that relies on judgment and reflexes, and can easily be turned against the wielder. Her expressly preferred strategy of hiding is waaaaaaay further up the good idea list, honestly. Though uh. He thinks he's seen her hiding skills and...perhaps he ought to offer further instruction. Just to make sure the time he's already invested isn't a total waste. And maybe Lup can make her a less special knife. "How good? You ever play hide n seek, kid? You wanna get schooled some time?"