User blog comment:ImperiexSeed/It's Battle Time!/@comment-1509826-20120215184856/@comment-3481504-20120215191004

Just saying, but even Raphael was afraid of the weapons when together, as evidenced in The French Mistake, making it highly likely that it would effect Jesse.

But all Jesse would have to do is speak, and Balthazar would die before even being able to use the weapons.