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Kilian's breath was labored and sweat was dripping from his face. His back was against a practice dummy as he took a break from his training he had been doing. Every muscle in his body ached, stinging with exertion, but much as his body objected to the harsh work, he knew he couldn't stop now. He had to better himself if he was going to go after any more dragons. There was no way he could let them defeat him. Not after what they had done to his family. His cousin's family. This was personal, and he owed it to himself and those he cared about to do himself proud and strive to aim only for the best. Always. No excuses.

Raking a hand through his already tousled hair he pushed away from the dummy and took on an offensive pose. He would not quit until he could not move. Quitting was not an option for him. No way. He took a deep breath and lunged for the dummy, hitting it in strategic places that would take down another being.

Kiian was so into his training that he had blocked out all outside noises. In hindsight this probably was not a very good idea. A fighter needed to have all of his sense open if he were to survive. So when he heard a female voice address him close by he jumped back, almost losing his balance. He caught himself before he could go down completely though.

"What the hell.." He grumbled as he looked around and caught site of the female who had disturbed him. "I suppose..." Kilian said in response to her comment. "Don't you know you should not sneak up on someone?"

Kilian almost smirked at the last comment. he really did need to work on honing all his senses. "Apology accepted." He mumbled as brushed his hands off on the side of his pants. "I am not that great at this." He said as he gestured towards the practice dummies and shrugged. "Just lots of practice, I guess."

"So what brings you to the practice grounds? Come to practice your moves a bit?" He was almost curious enough about her fighting style to stick around and watch.

Kilian frowned at the girl, inspecting her and eyeing her stature. Slim and unassuming, yes, but not what he would immediately classify as 'weak' by a long shot. Not to mention, though he'd never met her before now, she certainly seemed to be agile, if she was capable of moving so quitely. From what he'd already observed, she underestimated herself greatly. He only wished he had such stealth. Maybe it was not his lack of training that made him not realize she had been close by but she was just that good at hiding her presence. He watched her as she snapped her fingers and the dummy splintered.

Shaking his head, he turned back to her. “Not boring at all. Just a different fighting style.” While he would never be caught dead using magic, he could appreciate those who practiced it. Like close combat it took a special kind of person to be able to control it.

“I would like to spar sometime. It has been a long while since I fought anything other than a dragon.” The last time Kilian had fought with another was Elleth. In fact, it was the only time. Would he be rusty? “It is always good to fight against such a different opponent.”

Probably, but he supposed that was likely more reason to do it rather than back out. Besides, he was fairly sure this girl would have a different approach to it than Elleth had, and give him the benefit of a more varied experience for testing his own skills. Aloud, he said only, “It is always good to fight against such a different opponent.”