"It's what I know." Lydia turned back to him after a feint, then lunge at the training-dummy's shoulder. Winking playfully, before she stepped back again. Her head tilted, regarding her friend. "You're used to the other kind of blade right? A slashing weapon?"
She hadn't really seen Ira in battle much, and it had all be confusing the one time she had--against Palitutu. (She herself had been busy throwing bees, and rocks, and anything else she could to make it harder for the Tarutaru and moogle to concentrate.) But Miss Armstrong had taught Lydia the basics of why she was learning rapier, and not something else. In some ways it had been because of how she'd been learning under Mr. Kenshin.
Lydia was small, and light on her feet. She was used to running, and being clever and tricky and quick. A rapier was designed to be light and quick as well--she couldn't rely on powerful strikes in a slash or to overpower her opponents the way others would. She had to rely on precision, and trickery, and a rapier suited her just fine that way.
Re: Training Hall
She hadn't really seen Ira in battle much, and it had all be confusing the one time she had--against Palitutu. (She herself had been busy throwing bees, and rocks, and anything else she could to make it harder for the Tarutaru and moogle to concentrate.) But Miss Armstrong had taught Lydia the basics of why she was learning rapier, and not something else. In some ways it had been because of how she'd been learning under Mr. Kenshin.
Lydia was small, and light on her feet. She was used to running, and being clever and tricky and quick. A rapier was designed to be light and quick as well--she couldn't rely on powerful strikes in a slash or to overpower her opponents the way others would. She had to rely on precision, and trickery, and a rapier suited her just fine that way.