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[a_royal_bastard]

Alistair found he looked forward to the days hey trained. The sword in his hand was the most natural feeling thing in the world, which probably said much about him. Regardless of how weird it was, he at least was able to avoid getting rusty. As it turned out, Sarah was apparently quite the natural, and he didn't have to hold back quite as much as

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[stayastranger]

Sarah laughed, sheepish but pleased as she set her sword down and sat back on the sand. It was tiring, but in the best possible way, the exhaustion of exertion and work well done. No matter how far removed she felt from her life most days, there was still satisfaction to be found in learning, in fighting, in being told she was doing well.

"Thank you," she said. "I really doubt I'll be better than you anytime soon - or ever. You're so good at this. I guess I just learn fast."

[a_royal_bastard]

"You'll get there," he assured. Far faster than him, most likely. It took him years to really get decent at it. Granted, the fact the sword was bigger than him when he first entered the Chantry for his templar training probably had something to do with it. "You've kept me on my toes, anyway. Well, okay, you would've anyway because you're swinging a sharp object at me and not getting slashed is a bit of a habit of mine, but you get my point."

[stayastranger]

Ducking her head, Sarah smiled. "Well, it doesn't hurt," she said, "that I have an amazing teacher. I don't think I'd get it half so well otherwise." It wasn't entirely a lie either. Even with her background and aptitude for fighting, a good teacher could make all the difference. There was only so much she could do with intuition alone. "Did it take you long to learn?"

[a_royal_bastard]

He didn't mind the compliment either. He'd taught some of the skills he knew to the other Warden, but that was about all and he wasn't exactly starting from scratch.

"We were expected to be adept in all forms of sword combat. I actually didn't practice as much with this sort of sword, but I worked on it a few years, at least," he explained. The thought pattern was to be as prepared as possible. Sometimes the only weapon available might be one of these.