[h2]Rui[/h2]

In a single move that looked more like a jump between two states, the sword was drawn and Fleuri's attack blocked, the eerie sound of stonework far behind being scored by [i]something[/i] the sign of how the attack had been pulled back. What was undeniable was that her left arm had remained firmly planted on the sheathe, the strike a basic, essentially textbook move in her home country. Which meant that the sword blocking the wooden blade was held by almost [i]nothing.[/i] Spectral. The barely-there outlines of what must have once been.

[b]"With utmost mastery of your art, your weapon, you will always be able to fight. Skill is engraved upon the soul."[/b] Rui stated, swapping back to Veltish and relying on translation, already drifting back to a two-handed stance, [b]"So long as you never abandon your weapon."[/b]