[With Colette's attention drawn, that leaves Kratos a little less to handle. Yuan leans an elbow on the table as he explains.]
Swordsmanship rests on any number of invisible building blocks. The sword itself, of course -- each individual weapon is different, and balances differently, and requires a different approach from the wielder. The stances, which must be repeated again and again until it's instinctive. Good footwork can and will save a person's life if it's second nature. Deep knowledge of every tool you use is required for mastery.
You know exactly how your chakrams will fly, don't you?
[It may be more instinctive than conscious, for her, but she does know them; she catches the blades out of the air with easy precision despite how clumsy she can be in her everyday life.]
[Raine looks like she's about to say something about prepositions, but checks herself, instead slanting her gaze to whatever Genis and Sheena are doing, which is by now starting to look more like math than language arts. In this case, she supposes she can let it slide.]
that's definitely what you said there
Swordsmanship rests on any number of invisible building blocks. The sword itself, of course -- each individual weapon is different, and balances differently, and requires a different approach from the wielder. The stances, which must be repeated again and again until it's instinctive. Good footwork can and will save a person's life if it's second nature. Deep knowledge of every tool you use is required for mastery.
You know exactly how your chakrams will fly, don't you?
[It may be more instinctive than conscious, for her, but she does know them; she catches the blades out of the air with easy precision despite how clumsy she can be in her everyday life.]
[Raine looks like she's about to say something about prepositions, but checks herself, instead slanting her gaze to whatever Genis and Sheena are doing, which is by now starting to look more like math than language arts. In this case, she supposes she can let it slide.]