Chapter 6“This ain’t exactly what I had in mind when you said you were gonna teach me to use a sword,” said Kelwyn.
“I’m sure. Point up again, your posture is terrible. Come, you’re nearly flat on your feet, I know you know better than that! And keep your wings loose, you have the advantage of being able to balance with them, use that.”
Kelwyn gritted his teeth and adjusted his posture, rising on his toes and lifting the blade back into the position Harun had shown him.
“There. Now, with me again. One, two, three, four.” Each number Harun called out, he swung his sword slowly, making an almost ritualized move. Kelwyn moved with him, they’d practiced these numbered basics for what felt like an eternity now, though the sun’s position had barely moved, so it had probably been more like hal
