Learning All Over Again (Open)
*WHACK*

*WHACK*

*WHOOSH*

The sword missed the wooden pole on the third swing and Svalin paused for a moment as she went over the third strike in her head. She felt like a five year old who had just picked up a sword. In a way she was. Her right hand had been her primary sword hand and even though she had fought with two swords, she wasn't as skilled with her left hand.

In fact she was learning to fight with her left hand as if she were just learning to fight. Fighting with two swords was not the same as fighting with one so she had to start from the beginning of learning how to fight with her left hand with one sword. Not only the sword, but with an axe, a staff and a hammer. Each weapon was different just as fighting with one sword was much different than fighting with one.

All-Father help her and give her the strength to get through this. Svalin just wanted to be able to protect her wife and son. The thought of not being able to do it and the thought of having to have someone else do it twisted her stomach in a knot.

Twenty plus years of learning how to fight and she had to start all over.

"ARGH!" she yelled and took a swing at the pole with her sword. It wasn't about skill or finesse, it was about hitting something as hard as she could and venting some anger and frustration.