Where I'm from, there's nothing to do all winter besides weaving bedsheets and practice fighting.
[ He's sure he's seen Kitty at the safehouse, even if he doesn't know who she is. From his tone, it's clear that Gen finds both weaving and practice fighting terribly dull. ]
Before I lost my hand in a tragic fishing accident, I was considered one of the finest swordsmen in the kingdom.
[ That is a pack of lies. But it is true that Eugenides is a talented fencer, drilled since dewy youth by the greatest soldier of the age, who happened to be his father.
Which means he can see how he would fight someone, even if he isn't going to. ]
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[ He's sure he's seen Kitty at the safehouse, even if he doesn't know who she is. From his tone, it's clear that Gen finds both weaving and practice fighting terribly dull. ]
Before I lost my hand in a tragic fishing accident, I was considered one of the finest swordsmen in the kingdom.
[ That is a pack of lies. But it is true that Eugenides is a talented fencer, drilled since dewy youth by the greatest soldier of the age, who happened to be his father.
Which means he can see how he would fight someone, even if he isn't going to. ]