[He doesn't have an instructor with him, Garner simply goes through his forms as he usually does, glaive spinning about him with occasional swipes or blocks thrown in as he goes through all of the motions (shirtless for Mercy's appreciation, he's finally realized, though he hasn't heard her today.)
Instead, he hears the soft approach and level voice of a woman he's only just beginning to recognize.
Their new roommates advice is met with Garner's form slowly sliding away into something more relaxed, glaive pointed tip-down at rest while his brow raises, blinded eyes aimed vaguely towards the far wall.]
Should I? I suppose I worry my arc might be too large and I am more likely to hit someone I cannot see...but I am always open to critique.
( a glaive is a weapon that eve's never used before, only even recently familiar with a sword. so she doesn't know how useful her advice will be, at least outside of general tips that should always work.
should being the key point )
If you drop your arm too much it can give someone an opening, make you slower to react.
That makes sense. I suppose I am used to being in the front of my group to absorb the attention of our enemies, but that doesn't mean I should leave them openings to land a hit.
[He takes a step back from where he can hear she is and repeats the movement he'd made, glaive swiping out in a vicious and powerful arc, yes a little further out, but with his arm slightly lowered to better cover his side.]
It kept you more protected. If you're drawing your enemy's attention you want to be protected.
( there's no use being the one to distract or take a hit if that hit would just weaken you or take you down. you weren't much good as a distraction then )
[He nods as though to say 'fair enough' and doesn't press it. It's served him so far.]
I used to fight with a large stick and magic, but that was before. Now, without vision and magic, it is more effective for my large stick to be sharp. It keeps people at a distance until I choose otherwise and handles much the same to what I was already used to. Besides, it makes a good walking stick.
Both useful methods of defending yourself. At least, to my understanding of how guns work. I have only fired one twice.
[Both times simply to know what it felt like to hold and use one, just in case, but they weren't practical for him when his movement and ability to find others relied on hearing.]
I am not as good with a traditional sword as my friend Jaeger is, but I'm certain your training could continue here, if you desired it.
[After a moment of pause, he holds the glaive out as offering.]
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Instead, he hears the soft approach and level voice of a woman he's only just beginning to recognize.
Their new roommates advice is met with Garner's form slowly sliding away into something more relaxed, glaive pointed tip-down at rest while his brow raises, blinded eyes aimed vaguely towards the far wall.]
Should I? I suppose I worry my arc might be too large and I am more likely to hit someone I cannot see...but I am always open to critique.
no subject
should being the key point )
If you drop your arm too much it can give someone an opening, make you slower to react.
no subject
That makes sense. I suppose I am used to being in the front of my group to absorb the attention of our enemies, but that doesn't mean I should leave them openings to land a hit.
[He takes a step back from where he can hear she is and repeats the movement he'd made, glaive swiping out in a vicious and powerful arc, yes a little further out, but with his arm slightly lowered to better cover his side.]
Was that better?
no subject
( there's no use being the one to distract or take a hit if that hit would just weaken you or take you down. you weren't much good as a distraction then )
Have you always used this weapon?
no subject
Oh...including my time here, a little over a year and a half, just about the time I lost my sight. Does it show?
no subject
( she's not familiar with the weapon and even though eve had started learning how to use a sword she didn't know that well either )
Why choose this one?
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I used to fight with a large stick and magic, but that was before. Now, without vision and magic, it is more effective for my large stick to be sharp. It keeps people at a distance until I choose otherwise and handles much the same to what I was already used to. Besides, it makes a good walking stick.
Do you have a particular weapon you favor?
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( there are other weapons she's picked up along the way for close combat situations but she's not as skilled )
I started learning how to use a sword but it's new.
no subject
[Both times simply to know what it felt like to hold and use one, just in case, but they weren't practical for him when his movement and ability to find others relied on hearing.]
I am not as good with a traditional sword as my friend Jaeger is, but I'm certain your training could continue here, if you desired it.
[After a moment of pause, he holds the glaive out as offering.]
Would you like to try?