[ the finishing-school perfection of weiss' form doesn't escape tseng's notice, although he doesn't comment on it yet. he'd rather see the fight through before inquiring as to where weiss learned her swordplay.
and it's clear, once they begin, that weiss has certainly learned swordplay, even if her style is different than tseng's. for his own part, tseng had learned a martial art not unlike kendo, and is plenty skilled with a knife, but the way he wields a sword speaks to the way he would use it in real combat: tight, controlled movements, no finesse, just power and purpose. tseng has only ever learned to fight with the purpose of staying alive; it's only been in the last few months that he's come to appreciate the stylistic elements as well.
of course, tseng doesn't really want to fight weiss to the death. that makes it easier for him to let loose a little, getting into the flow of the fight rather than keying himself up on the prospect of survival. it lets him appreciate her movements more, too, the grace with which she conducts herself—he'd noticed it before, when they fought side by side, but it's easier to appreciate now that they don't have a real enemy to face down. ]
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and it's clear, once they begin, that weiss has certainly learned swordplay, even if her style is different than tseng's. for his own part, tseng had learned a martial art not unlike kendo, and is plenty skilled with a knife, but the way he wields a sword speaks to the way he would use it in real combat: tight, controlled movements, no finesse, just power and purpose. tseng has only ever learned to fight with the purpose of staying alive; it's only been in the last few months that he's come to appreciate the stylistic elements as well.
of course, tseng doesn't really want to fight weiss to the death. that makes it easier for him to let loose a little, getting into the flow of the fight rather than keying himself up on the prospect of survival. it lets him appreciate her movements more, too, the grace with which she conducts herself—he'd noticed it before, when they fought side by side, but it's easier to appreciate now that they don't have a real enemy to face down. ]