The Least Common Denominator

XXI.IV Vertex

As a weapons master herself, Mom taught me that I should never hesitate to switch weapons if the situation called for it. We had an inherent advantage over others in a sense that we were far more adaptable than the common warrior; that there was always a suitable weapon for any kind of scenario. Of course, I already knew that, but hearing this come from my Mom was still a treat for someone that was deprived of parental love for almost all of her first life. I drank in everything she taught me, learning the basics of every weapon imaginable as she drilled me nonstop in my earlier teen years.

'No hesitation' she said. Let the body flow, do what you think is natural, switch to a more suitable weapon, if possible. That was the natural flow diagram of an accomplished weapons master. Never did she ever say that I should use weapons that I had no mastery with over something that I was very comfortable at. It was