Rainbow Snippets: A managable sword

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Being a sequel, In Love and Death is set directly after In Pain and Blood. Some snippets will contain spoilers of those events.

Following on from last week’s snippet…

Dylan watched that rhythmic sweep, a slow-burning thought coming to life. The man had offered to teach him sword fighting. Although he wasn’t certain if it had been a jest or some strange attempt at flirting. It had been some time back, a few days before Oldmarsh and The Gilded Lily. And their almost kiss.

Strange how it felt like that had happened years ago.

He strode towards the man. His mind hadn’t stopped since last night, flicking through a multitude of other notions, the merits behind each one. Learning to handle a weapon beyond his natural abilities was the only one that made sense to act on. It would take weeks to reach Whitemeadow and several more to Wintervale, plenty of time to familiarise himself with the basics.

He had considered asking Authril, but her stance on him learning had never been positive. Changing her mind would be impossible. He’d likely need to borrow a weapon from the hound anyway as the sword she swung about single-handedly with ease looked less manageable than Tracker’s.

I’ll be back with more from In Love and Death next weekend. In the meantime, check out these other snippets.