Individual points? Seconds. But team relays are first to forty-five points. Technically each bout is on a three minute timer but it pauses in between points, it takes as long as it takes. Sometimes an hour with the resets and pauses and breaks. But... at the level we fight at?

[ Fought, probably, but she's too happy to be talking about it to remember that it's all past-tense. ]

It looks like... you basically have time in each bout to do one thing, right? Sort of like chess at a really high speed. You commit to a gambit and you go for it. Me, I bank on being faster than my opponent. You can't really defend or counter-attack if I'm hitting you before you can react. But Farah- Farah would bait out hits so they'd attack her in a way she was prepared to defend. Luna was amazing at feints, pretending to go for a hit in such a way she could strike somewhere else they weren't expecting. And Sabine- you're not... really meant to play defense in sabre. It rewards you for being aggressive. But Sabine was like... fearless. Like a praying mantis or something. Amazing reflexes. Really good at picking when someone was feinting or trying to fuck with her.

[ Her ears have not gradually gotten more pink shut up. ]