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Not as much fun as Dancing

'He drew me closer, and we danced as if it was for the first time. The music of the Prince’s Ball in Thargelion was in our minds and steps, that we moved as one. And I thought how much more I enjoyed the dance than smiting the dummies earlier. I was happy, and he knew it. ' ('A Cure for the Poison. Part Three)

 

But for now I had to practice my skills with Sarphir, for I would better learn how to fight at his side, not as we had fought each other in that training session over ten years past, but in a manner where I could anticipate his moves, his strikes, and complement them with my own abilities. We were to fight as soldiers rather than warriors. If any war was coming I would fight as my father's daughter, and at the side of my betrothed.

Maybe Ceuro, a swords-master in his own right, would also train with us?

(Picture by Estarfin)