Warden tilted his neck. "I just copied your movements, that's all," he said.
"But—"
"I don't know if it's anything special that anyone can't learn just by studying the moves," Warden cut him off. "How did you learn it, Dirk?"
"T-the elders of my house instructed me," he said.
"Did they show you the stances, correct you when you made mistakes?"
"Yes."
"Well, there you go," Warden said. "I just didn't need anyone to correct my mistakes."
"But it took me months just to get the katas and—"
Warden shook his head. "Once you become adept at some form of swordsmanship, you can do it with other sword arts too. But first, you must train in the sword art you know. As I mentioned earlier, you have developed flaws from the elder that taught you, you need to rectify that."
"What do you mean by that?" Dirk asked hesitantly.
