[He's...pretty confident Astrid won't punch him while he's holding a baby, so her glare is only mildly disconcerting.]

An axe...?

[On one hand, he's grateful she doesn't actually have one. On the other, why would they have handed her that when she asked for an axe? It was definitely not an axe.]

Johto doesn't have weapons, or at least not normal ones. Though a guitar would be a pretty weird choice, even for this place...