06-08-2009, 12:59 AM
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The sight of the sword slipping from her grasp as he moved his blade and hearing it clatter against the stone brought him more confidence. Once again he reminded himself that this was only a lesson. That in a true battle things would not come so easily and he would have to work harder for them. But he would remember these motions. He wouldn't be going in completely blind. A novice still yes, but not a completely clueless novice. He was issued a short compliment from his tutor and was about to respond when she came after him. The Aatte male tensed and his eyes grew wide. What was going on? Suddenly this didn't seem like a lesson, at least not the same way it had just a moment ago.
Instinctively his arms brought his sword back up to try and protect himself from her unexpected advance. However she gripped one of his wrists and her hit to his stomach hit dead on. It wasn't that hard, but it still knocked a bit of air from him and he doubled over slightly. Instead of trying to wrench his arm from her grasp though with the held hand he released the sword and used his free arm to raise the blade close to her neck. Haven wasn't sure if this was a lesson or not anymore, having never been instructed in this way, and a quiet fire burned in those jade orbs. It was not malicious and he did not want to bring any harm to her. It was just a silent warning in case this wasn't practice.
The sight of the sword slipping from her grasp as he moved his blade and hearing it clatter against the stone brought him more confidence. Once again he reminded himself that this was only a lesson. That in a true battle things would not come so easily and he would have to work harder for them. But he would remember these motions. He wouldn't be going in completely blind. A novice still yes, but not a completely clueless novice. He was issued a short compliment from his tutor and was about to respond when she came after him. The Aatte male tensed and his eyes grew wide. What was going on? Suddenly this didn't seem like a lesson, at least not the same way it had just a moment ago.
Instinctively his arms brought his sword back up to try and protect himself from her unexpected advance. However she gripped one of his wrists and her hit to his stomach hit dead on. It wasn't that hard, but it still knocked a bit of air from him and he doubled over slightly. Instead of trying to wrench his arm from her grasp though with the held hand he released the sword and used his free arm to raise the blade close to her neck. Haven wasn't sure if this was a lesson or not anymore, having never been instructed in this way, and a quiet fire burned in those jade orbs. It was not malicious and he did not want to bring any harm to her. It was just a silent warning in case this wasn't practice.