[The word was not an silence, but a command. Nevertheless, it could potentially be rude to say something like this to another person.]

Oh, it's fine! I'm sure if my horse knew how to speak, she'd make everyone's ears wilt from the amount of curses. She can be pretty rude beast even without it.

[Why are all his animals like this? They might be reflection of himself. Iskandar is generally friendly, but he's known to have a short fuse, and he's unbearable when he's angry.]

Ahhh... I see. So they help increase my proficiency to compensate for a lousy weapon. Clever. [He pauses for a while.] Two-handed. While I'd usually use spear with a shield, this will be underwater, so won't different rules apply for combat in such conditions.