[His reply is a wordless incredulous stare. Old dog. That was so ridiculous it almost doesn’t feel like fits the dangerously fast man he’s been exchanging strikes with.] Anyone is capable of interesting things if they’re motivated.

[He’s young enough he can’t quite hide his faint exasperation when it colors his voice. And it serves as a perfect guise for his sudden lunge and sweep of the blade. He doesn’t like how the heavy blade pulls down. He’ll have to train himself to accommodate for the drag. Paladins of this world fight much slower than he’s used to.

He’ll need to work out a regime to handle all the heavy armor too.]

I’ll give you a tip about blade fighting. Moving only as much as you need to when dodging and blocking will help you save your energy. Shedding slightly to the right or left, is moving a step without giving too much ground. It helps.

[Whether his attack lands or not he pulls back and repositions himself.] I’ll show you. Give it your best shots.