[Jade Alanon]

Jade rolled her eyes and laughed, he always said such silly things and always with the sly grin, though she had to wonder why Risess would be concerned about their relationship. "Concerned? Why would she be concerned about our relationship?" Jade didn't see what there was to worry about, unless Risess knew what Jade was...but how could she, it didn't seem possible. She laughed as he licked his lips, such a goofball and yet she enjoyed it, it was better then him being too serious and quite dull to be around.

With her staff raised, her stance wide and waiting for him to advance on her, she was excited about this spar because she could see how good he actually was at sparring and how good he was with his rapier. She didn't want to hurt him but there was a fair chance being she easily got caught up when she was in a fight and often went for the places that would leave lasting bruises if not welts. She wasn't superior in her fighting skills because she had been taught that there was always someone better and never allow her pride to get in the way, pride goes before a fall.

A friendly spar...pfft no such thing, a spar in which either or both opponents leave with a lot more bruises then what they had coming in, now that was what Jade was going for. She would accept any bruises or strikes she was dealt and in turn Austin would accept his lashing, if in fact Jade was able to land a blow on him. The sunlight shone through the canopy of trees in various places, providing some warmth even as the breeze passed to give them a certain coolness as well, all and all it was a pleasent atmosphere to be in, one reason Jade enjoyed training there so much.

Jade's cheeks burned, Gods this man knew how to push buttons with her. "Keep your mind on the spar Austin." It sounded scolding but the smile on her face and the flush in her cheeks showed that she found it in humor. He soon found his stance in front of her and began to circle his blade, she was careful and kept her eye out for the jabs that would come. Each slap of his blade he handed her was deflected by her staff as was the light thrust, yet she didn't move in for any sort of attack just yet, she was content to be on the defense at that moment, better then handing out injuries. "Stop trying to hit me and just hit me." It was a taunt that had laughter behind it, playful taunting that held no insults to it.