Or at least that was what was explained to him when he stopped to ask the earth pony instructor at the local school as he passed by on the street. His thoughts were drawn back to his fight with Blueblood in the tournament and how he had used those six light blades in the duel. How he grasped the handles rather than the whole blade, conserving his magic and concentrating it where it was needed. And he was a weak magic user from what Handy surmised.