"Hmm. A good choice." Maya said as her assistant came down into the cellar.<br/><br/>Walking over to the entrance and leaning her head out to give him a glare, she pursed her lips. "Nuh uh. Get back to work, ya lech!"<br/><br/>He sighed and grimaced, but offered no resistence, for Maya almost resembled a dwarven woman, and she seemed to have a matching temper. With her apprentice sulking away, the butcher turned back to Rhianna.<br/><br/><div align="center">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</div><br/>The day was long and Maya hardly gave the apprentice rogue little time to catch her breath. The weapon master gave her detailed instructions on wielding the weapon, parrying other weapons, and an assortment of maneuvres and counter-maneuvres. The dummies had been fairly easy practice, but sparring with the experienced warrior gave Rhianna some blisters, and quite a sweat.<br/><br/>Maya also seemed tired, though not as much as her apprentice. After one bout, she stopped and congradulated Rhianna. "You learn pretty quickly... but it's entirely another thing to fight against someone, or something, that won't hesitate to kill you."<br/><br/>"I'll tell Gerund what a good job you've done, and he'll be happy with it..." She continued, "What you've learned today may be good for travelling the streets and looking tough... But we can't have you choking up at the moment of truth, during a real mission. It's kill or be killed."<br/><br/>Maya handed Rhianna a fine sheath for the weapon, "Keep that sword, for your own safety. But if you can manage to bring me some proof that you can handle yourself with a blade... a hide, a head, or a foot, whatever.<em>Then</em>I'll know you're trustworthy."<br/><br/>The butcher yawned as she started to walk out the room. "Well. I'll let you go, then. Hopefully nobody ransacked my store while we were down here.. Neil will have hell to pay if he forgot to lock up." She said with a mischevious grin.<br/><br/>Time: 17:30