It had been a few hours by this point, a few tiring and possibly fruitless hours. Emma had received some advice a little earlier although advice and practice were definitely different, and trying to put the advice to practice was proving as difficult as just trying to use her sword.

"Not one bit." She let her sword drop a little in her grip before putting it down, using the interruption as a break, pulling her hair tie from her hair to refasten the strands that had come loose. Whilst someone else might ask how bad it looked Emma didn't need it - she could tell that from how it felt herself, and his question.

"Do you?"