You know, I thought Ingrid's "favor" of a giant axe was poorly chosen for Julien, but realistically, he seems to really like his rapier; it's got sentimental value (the tooth from his first melee), and now he's got his dad's sword as well. He's not really in the market for a new weapon.
But Mr. Gotta-Protect-These-People-Who-I-Definitely-Don't-Care-About does seem happy to lend the axe to people who can wield it effectively, so maybe it was actually a remarkably well-chosen favor.
Alternately I would also love to see Ingrid witness Azune weild the giant axe and be like "nevermind I want that one"













