He takes it from her, and hefts it, testing the weight. It's lighter than he expected, although he supposes that makes sense, as it's not meant to hit people. He tilts it upright, looking closely at the yellow gem at one end of the staff, enclosed in its protective cage of wood. "Is the effect applied on contact or is it ranged?" It looks like a long-range weapon, or otherwise it'd be a lot shorter, but he knows better than to assume.