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my nine-year old daughter thinks i'm out to kill her. we were in church and she somehow saw the pocket clip on my titanium military peeking out of my shirt. she asked me whether or not it was a knife. i said yes and tried to show her a bit of the handle. her face changed alarmingly and asked if i was trying to kill her. i made light of the question (big mistake) and she got up and put her mother between her and me. for the rest of the service she seemed scared of even taking my hand. i pointed to the patron saint (bartholomew) who was always depicted as holding a long knife and it didn't convince her. later at home, i tried to talk to her about it. i tried the protective husband and father tact, telling her i was always ready to defend my family. well, at least she got some of her cockiness back and said i'm not supposed to have knife when with my daughter (her term) and inside the church even.