[i]Alyssa's eyes widened at the five eight sword, picking up a thin, three foot one from the ground. Irina's sword was nearly double the length of Alyssa's, and she wondered how one was supposed to get any sort of training done like this; the weight of their blades would make it ridiculously hard for Alyssa to block attacks, her intelligent, analytical mind easily deducting that. In addition to that she only had one hand, her non dominant one. She readied herself, giving Irina the first move.[/i]