it may be rage or maybe hope, i wanna know your phobia
Aisha had a feeling that he'd go for the latter option, the basics. The middle of adventure was in fact not always the perfect place to start, and confidence did not always come as a given. It took knowledge and experience to build expertise, to build comfortability with an armament. Hopefully she could help him get there, for now she pulled her blade from the scabbard at her hip and held it out flat in her hands, "Here she is!"
"Every sword looks different obviously, but every sword will have some version of these," she jumped right in, shifting her hold on the sword to the familiar point of balance so she could weigh it with one hand, gesturing with the other. "Point, blade, hilt." she pointed to each respectively, running her pointer finger along to sharp beveled edge. "Parts of the hilt are the quillion, the handle and the pommel. Try to keep your hands balanced on the handle, not too close to the quillion or the pommel, you'll lose control that way"
After pointing out those remaining bits, she demonstrated a proper grip: dominant hand on top of the other, standing in a basic squared stance and holding the sword vertically. She then passed Sam her sword, allowing him to investigate before moving on.
"Every sword looks different obviously, but every sword will have some version of these," she jumped right in, shifting her hold on the sword to the familiar point of balance so she could weigh it with one hand, gesturing with the other. "Point, blade, hilt." she pointed to each respectively, running her pointer finger along to sharp beveled edge. "Parts of the hilt are the quillion, the handle and the pommel. Try to keep your hands balanced on the handle, not too close to the quillion or the pommel, you'll lose control that way"
After pointing out those remaining bits, she demonstrated a proper grip: dominant hand on top of the other, standing in a basic squared stance and holding the sword vertically. She then passed Sam her sword, allowing him to investigate before moving on.
AISHA
