The Salle; Thursday Morning.

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It was Thursday, which meant Setsuna had no classes and would be using her day for training. Her work in the salle this morning would be just minor, though, to be used as a warm-up to prepare herself for later when she was meeting with John in the gym for a spar. Her excitement was palpable; she hadn't had a good spar, especially not one with the practise swords, in a while.

Assuming, of course, John could give her a good spar.

Even the sessions Setsuna considered 'light' had her pretty deeply into some complicated forms and moves.


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Henry walked into the salle.
"Good morning, Setsuna!"

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Setsuna finished out her current move, a hop back and a slow spin that ended her in a deep lunge, one leg stretched out behind her as the other supported her, blade held parrallel to the ground as her strong arms kept it steady. She grinned, not at Henry but for him, as she stared down Yuunagi's length, holding the pose. "Good morning, Henry," she said, and waited a moment before, with a quick spin of the sword, she brought her back leg up so that she was standing as she sheathed the blade and turned toward him. "How are you today?"

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"I'm doing well," Henry replied. "If I'm not encroaching on your practice, I was wondering if you had time to teach me more."

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"Oh, you're not encroaching at all," Setsuna smiled, hefting Yuunagi in the air a little bit as she re-established a different grip. "Since I have no classes, I've reserved Thursdays entirely for training, and I actually have a spar planned this afternoon, so taking a little bit to go over forms with you will actually help keep things nicely focused. Go ahead and grab Daisuke from the locker, and we can get started? Have you warmed up at all?"

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Henry shook his head as he walked over to the locker. "No, I haven't." He found Daisuke relatively quickly, and brought the sword back over. "With whom are you planning to spar?"

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"John Connor?" Setsuna said, adding a questioning tone to inquire if Henry knows him. "He has an interest in improving his swordwork, and I figured a spar would be a good way for me to learn where his skills already are."

Slowly, savouring in the slight sound of steel sliding away, Setsuna unsheathed Yuunagi as she asked, "Do you remember some of the forms we worked on last time?"

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"A little." Henry tried to mimic the stance which Setsuna had shown him last time. He held the sword and the sheath parallel to the ground, one hand holding the hilt.

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Setsuna nodded her head slightly, signalling for Henry to continue through the form. She wanted to see how much he could recall without her assistance.

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Henry took his time unsheathing Daisuke. He thought back to what Setsuna had said before, and how the form had felt when he got it right. He had to go slowly. Slowly as he turned, slowly as he brought it back, then fast as he brought it down. He did it without hitting the sword on the floor, but the last movement was still a little stiff.

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"Very good," Setsuna approved, despite the stiffness, because it had been a while and he wasn't warmed up, so stiffness was to be expected. She twirled Yuunagi around idly to shift her grip as she matched the positioning of the form to start doing it with Henry. "We'll do a few rounds of these, get the muscles familiar with it again, get you familiar with it again, and then I'll teach you two new ones."

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Henry nodded. "All right."
He put Daisuke back in its sheath, and proceeded to go through the form again. After a few times, it got smoother. Henry realized that things worked better when he didn't try to be mentally aware of everything that happened.