Due to his previous endeavours, after just two weeks of meditating with Alistar by the riverbank Zech had finally managed to nurture a small amount of aura within him. Once he'd accomplished this, the boys had taken it upon themselves to try their hands at sparring, which they ended up doing on most days. They met each evening after dinner at that same spot by the Greyline, meditating side by side for an hour or so before engaging in a heated match of mock combat for at least two more.
Zech had learned the first defensive stance rather easily, but the truly difficult part of mastering a technique was learning to manipulate one's swordsman's aura in order to fuse it with their movements. Once this was achieved, the power of the technique would increase significantly. This process took countless repetitions and the utmost patience, not to mention that it was quite taxing on the body. Swordsman's aura wasn't an endless source, after all. Once it was exhausted, so too was the user.
