[quote=Green]
What incredibly vast sword skills? Close combat fighting skills will, as always, be limited to what the writer himself (me in this case) is able to push out. Anything else is just fluff. He knows how to fight, 'tis what I'm getting at.
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His ability to participate in a high-stakes, close quarters combat situation while still being able to actively participate in a high-concentration game like chess at a faster than normal rate, is where I got his combat prowess from.