I spin Moonslinger in my hands, months of practice having started to pay off. I"d never have been able to do this a few weeks ago, but thanks to Cobalt and Zelda"s patience, I"m mostly up to the same kind of skill level as the lower end of our class, despite all of the other recruits having years of training more than me.
Some people might call it talent, but I"m not foolish enough to believe that. It"s perseverance and good teachers. Though I"ll admit that the Arts are coming naturally to me. Which isn"t a surprise. I"ve been using them for years even if I haven"t been able to do much more than the basics. I learned based on what the people living in the lower city knew, and that"s not much. Now I"m here, I"m learning just how much the Arts can actually achieve.
Unsurprisingly, it"s not
