"What?" She turns to face the man (around thirty give or take a few years, fit, moves like he knows what he's doing), frowning in clear confusion. "No, it's more...um. Spear-fishing crossed with making things up."

Then she winces - making things up, Cresta? now why would you want to do that unless you're a Career, hmm? - and quickly continues.

"I'm, I'm not used to the idea of so many different types of fighting. You use a staff in hanbo-jut-su?"

She tries to pronounce it correctly, but between unfamiliarity and her own thick accent (it could be Mexican, but occasionally it seems a bit too American, Texan), she garbles it.

But.

She tries.