"Well, technically a padawan, but yeah..." he admits. He blinks as he's finally giving a clear glimpse of the unmistakable lightsaber hilt she has on her own person.

"Trying to train?" His smile's a little more genuine, amused. "I was out of touch with my training for a long while. Didn't want to get caught by the Empire. But things happened so I had to work at remembering everything I learned again."

Cal reaches under his poncho to unclip the unusually long lightsaber hilt from his belt. It's obviously double-sided, save that the ends are mismatched, one pronged and the other half bound in leather with more of a simple emitter.