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Normally, I have to admit that I think talking swords (or talking animated objects period) are best left to Disney - I'll probably put it down if your sword starts to talk back to you in mid-battle. But I have to admit the talking (or, well, thinking as it can only seem to communicate with the bearer of the sword) sword in Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson is pretty cool.

A scene, in which Vasher (the human) has just knocked out two guards using a shirt (it's a long story).

You didn't use me much, Nightblood said, sounding hurt. You could have used me. I'm better than a shirt. I'm a sword.

Vasher ignored the comments, scanning the darkness to see if he had been spotted.

I really am better than a shirt. I would have killed them. Look, they're still breathing. Stupid shirt.

That was the point, Vasher thought. Corpses cause more trouble than men who get knocked out.

I could knock people out, Nightblood said immediately.