Brigitte follows him, intrigued as they poke their head into the closet. She's mostly just been focusing on her own workouts here, and strength training with Maine; she hasn't had much of a chance to size up the dojo's actual resources, particularly the new things Nida's added.

"Since you specialise in polearm styles, I can go ahead and specialise in weighted weapons. They're what I'm a bit more experienced with, too -- I fought with a mace back home." A beat. "Actually a mace-slash-flail, but I'm not giving a flail to newbies."

Talk about levers and the risk of harming yourself when swinging something around.