"I'd better apologise too, then! My strength still isn't up to what it once was, not yet. So this tree may get the better of me once or twice. I'll let you know if I need to let go, though." And hopefully he wouldn't have to, and between them they would be able to achieve what Jigano had come out here to do.
At first it looked like it was going well, but clearly the Wicker Woman did not appreciate being hacked at, and Ronin staggered as the counterweight disappeared from his game of tug-of-war. "Oi!" He called at the tree, swatting at it with the branch just as the raven tapped it too, trying to tempt it back to his bait and away from the bard.
"Yes," he agreed about his moving through the ranks. "I was Lieutenant, for a short while. But the General of the Storm asked if I might be Captain of Training not long after. It took... a lot of getting used to."
At first it looked like it was going well, but clearly the Wicker Woman did not appreciate being hacked at, and Ronin staggered as the counterweight disappeared from his game of tug-of-war. "Oi!" He called at the tree, swatting at it with the branch just as the raven tapped it too, trying to tempt it back to his bait and away from the bard.
"Yes," he agreed about his moving through the ranks. "I was Lieutenant, for a short while. But the General of the Storm asked if I might be Captain of Training not long after. It took... a lot of getting used to."