[Upper Village]

Wenomir will leave for a moment and return with a pair of opaque goggles. They're a bit bulky, but conceal the wearer's eyes completely.

[Training Grounds]

"A sword is a tool of steel, made for conflict," Wenomir says. "And conflict is inevitable. We might not want it, but it will come. When it does, it reveals who we are better than any words. When conflict came for you, it seems to me like it revealed a person who would rather do something she hates than let foreign invaders run roughshod. Studying the sword, or any other weapon, is more than just studying how to wield it and inflict harm. It means to study conflict and how we emerge from it."