As I said in the other thread regarding not having a weapon:

I feel like if the reason for our character's uselessness in the situation was due to being unarmed, they should've made a bigger deal over us not having it (like showing us handing it over before entering Nanamo's chambers) and made a note of us getting it back. As it is, we are mysteriously missing it once we enter Nanamo's chambers (likely because we had to hand it over for a private meeting) but it's absent from our character until AFTER we get off the carriage later on. Either it was poorly done or Alphinaud nicked it off whoever had it while he was escaping and gives it back to you off screen.

That said, I'll accept the unarmed excuse for my character (SMN) and others, but for a character who is a career MNK, that explanation would have to REALLY sting.