Cassius held his cane blade in left hand, he was ready to defect any blow if he was able, yet her dash seemed very power driven, while he wasn't weak in a traditional sense, he side stepped in the direction of the sword arm, Her sword going forward with a heavy slam. He veered clear of her attack, before rolling to the side away from her slashes at great force. He knew that if he was to combat her trial, he'd have to understand her biggest stregnth, was her greatest weakness. The attack was very obviously telegraphed for obvious reasons. But it a real fight an experienced blade would rend her arm asunder, leaving her attacks weakened. 

"Hmm... From what I gathered, move away yet toward the sword arm, it means one can disable it if carefully choreographed... I see." Cassius spoke, take a few steps back, perfectly aware of the cage acting as a means to restrain him from getting too far. But it was large enough for him to learn a different set of fundamentals. 

Garnet pursed her lips in slight amusement. It was at least nice he could spot a few things out in a fight, for if he was not at least the strongest, he at least had more tools to use if a fight. Rending a primary hand would certainly even odds, or tip the scales. 

Garnet thought of how she would have handled it in his position. Her fight thought would have been a sweeping kick to trip the fighter so that she may plunge the blade into the back, yet this required force. Fortunately she knew the force of the earth if the need arises. But one thing she could conclude... Cassius would never master anything.

"Anything else? Or just dodging strikes?" Cassius asked. He felt something. "I'm... Only asking because I fear within an hour or so we might have unwelcome guest." Cassius stated, holding his head as he felt a rather sharp headache. 

Itzel had no troubles seeing a vision of people in tattered clothing boarding the ship, they all wore masks and demanded resources as well as a means to claim the bounties of the ship. It was but an hour away, none of them had time for too many lessons. They only had time for brief burst.

If Minerva had nothing else to contribute, Garnet would take her place. "Min- Emerald." Garnet took a moment, taking after Cassius' nicknaming convention. "If you have nothing to give such in terms of lessons, then permit me to teach him about a sword form, one that involves parrying for an open versus overpowering. He might have quite the fist, but it isn't quite the same as the way you fight. You're more oriented for outlasting and overpowering. Yes?" Garnet raised her question. She then took to Blank.

"Judging by your lack of clothing, you put your whole body into it? As if jumping... Plunging? Please correct me if I am mistaken. There is only so much I can be aware of at any given moment." She tried to maintain her formal composure, but the fact of the matter is she only had a blind guess to go with here. And while she did see the benefits of Cassius mastering nothing at all, Minerva was correct that he should at least understand his way around a blade. A man of tricks was only as good as the variety he had; these techniques would be just a new hand to play.