He returned a tight grin and moved in opposition to her.  There were occasional gaps in his guard, but they seemed to come from negligence rather than lack of skill.  The first one Renie prodded at, Pytyar seemed to catch at the last possible instant, his weapon moving with blinding speed to parry.  In fact, that one was inhumanly fast.<br/><br/>Since she'd proven herslef to be pretty good, the instructor decided to push things up a little.  He began leaving holes and using his preternatural speed to make up for them.  Jsut to see if she found the holes and caught on.