Lorag laughed with Gallus comment. "Ha! You know it. When it comes to fighting, I'm like some 'great teacher' for our entire clan. Boring work, honestly, but I know you'd all be flailin' over yourselves tryin' to figure out how to hold a sword without me, so I do what I've got to do. Guess now you can learn how to take on a bigger opponent." 

Lorag took his position in the sand pit, directly across from Ri'vashi. They had both picked practice longswords proportional to their size, so Ri'vashi would have the reach advantage in that regard. She did not make any comment on Lorag or his confident statements, as she certainly was not going to doubt one of the Champion's companions. She did not expect she could win this duel, but she might learn something regardless. 

As their bout began, the pair approached one another slowly, allowing the very tips of their blades to touch just enough that they could feel the other's movements. Lorag was the first to strike, taking a large step forward to bring himself into range, while pushing his blade diagonally towards her neck to both attack, and keep himself protected from her sword. Her response, however, was instant. She slid her blade along his closer to the tip and used her sword's guard to catch his blade, while turning hers to swing towards his head. He was forced to jump back to avoid the strike, and bring himself back out of her range. "Oh, this'll be interesting." He commented. 

Nearby, Kaleeth watched the fight as it began, and gave a quick nod to Janius. "Maybe we should stretch first and do some drills. Last time I didn't I was way more sore than I should've been."

Peiter shook his head as they walked towards the training room. "Not with Tzirret, no. It's been hard to get to training with all the traveling we've been doing. It has all been too exhausting. I do feel like I need to get some practice with Gallus or Lorag. What do you think you want to do? We could spar, if you want, or just exercise and watch the others."

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Ma'tanza nodded. "Good, good. Most people know about the head. It's not really right to say that any one part of the body is the [i]most[/i] important. Kind of like how food and water are both important, but not having water will kill you faster. The brain is like water, in that damage to it can kill faster than most other things. It's scary, really. Some people who survive damage to the brain become entirely different people, and sometimes can barely even take care of themselves. In a fight, the head is usually what people will target first, so it's something healers have to deal with a lot."

Moving on from the head, Ma'tanza pointed first to the corpse's neck, then to her chest. Looking closely, one could see the imprint of the chain that had strangled her around her neck.