CHAPTER 16
Weapons-master Hadyn greeted George at the afternoon session. “I hear it’s well you did with a saber yesterday.”
George snorted. Was it only yesterday? “My blood was up, so I didn’t stop and think how lucky I was until afterward.”
More seriously, he said, “Since it looks like I’ll be here a couple of weeks, I’d like to come whenever I can to improve, with your permission. I’ll try for every afternoon, though I’m sure that won’t always work.”
“That’s what we’re here for, isn’t it?” He outlined a set of activities and partners to take George through an abbreviated education in saber, mounted and afoot, small-sword, knife-fighting, and defense against the more common weapons.
“My size should be an advantage in unarmed combat, but I don’t know how to use it. Could we include th
