（ he goes to his knees out of the cross-legged pose, gathers the sword up in his left hand and stands in a smooth motion. he holds the mock-weapon loosely, and his focus seems to shift not to the blade as an experienced combatant might, nor to the eyes as an amateur — but more nebulously on his core and shoulders where the first indication of motion will come from.
it's taken him — a long, long time to be able to find joy in this sort of thing. and maybe it's more about the partner when he does it than about the act. certainly, he doesn't seem resistant to the idea with sasuke, for as much as he craves and abhors violence in equal measure, he knows that sasuke will benefit from it the way one can find comfort in the spoken cadence of a native tongue. that's why, when cy lowers the tip of the blade somewhere in the vicinity of the floor and moves forward, it's with a sort of visceral, predatory deliberacy that can only mean one thing: he is in fact taking this seriously.
when he attacks, it's not an onslaught of superior strength. it's a test, amorphous. he wants to see the style of sasuke's block. he wants to gauge the strength behind it, and shift accordingly. but mostly — mostly, he wants to play. ）
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（ he goes to his knees out of the cross-legged pose, gathers the sword up in his left hand and stands in a smooth motion. he holds the mock-weapon loosely, and his focus seems to shift not to the blade as an experienced combatant might, nor to the eyes as an amateur — but more nebulously on his core and shoulders where the first indication of motion will come from.
it's taken him — a long, long time to be able to find joy in this sort of thing. and maybe it's more about the partner when he does it than about the act. certainly, he doesn't seem resistant to the idea with sasuke, for as much as he craves and abhors violence in equal measure, he knows that sasuke will benefit from it the way one can find comfort in the spoken cadence of a native tongue. that's why, when cy lowers the tip of the blade somewhere in the vicinity of the floor and moves forward, it's with a sort of visceral, predatory deliberacy that can only mean one thing: he is in fact taking this seriously.
when he attacks, it's not an onslaught of superior strength. it's a test, amorphous. he wants to see the style of sasuke's block. he wants to gauge the strength behind it, and shift accordingly. but mostly — mostly, he wants to play. ）