>>5322746During the late morning and noon, she spends time at the dueling club.
It is a small facility where a few dozen students show up to practice mainly unarmored fighting with swords and daggers, the sidearms of civilians. A few also practices polearms and armored fighting, especially among those training to became a camp follower or a part of security forces.
Before dueling, it is important that the practitioners study the manuals of accomplished masters. Pine spends some time learning techniques of unarmed and knife fighting through old books before she could begin sparring.
When the practitioners sparred, they wear thick cloth armor and the weapon themselves are blunted. Still, most refrain from putting all their force into a strike, as it could be too dangerous for the opponent.
After sparring for an hour or so, she gained more insight about knife fighting and fighting opponents of bigger size, which areas to target and predicting potential telegraphs of attacks.
Pine also asked about Fha. The people close to her says that they don’t remember what she said to them last night, but vaguely remembers her being sad. They asked Fha and even she doesn’t remember what she said last night.
Seems like Zeal took care of any loose ends as well.
[Knowledge gained - boosted combat bonus for rolls]
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