Ravensblood Forest Training is Training...

She confessed she thought it had more to do with luck than ability, and he supposed he could understand that. Sometimes, no matter how good a fighter, one could lose just on some outward force bringing itself into the fight. But, it said a lot to him that she was able to admit that to a complete stranger instead of simply boasting that she had gotten away without a scratch. 

It said even more that she admitted her fault in beginning the fight over a piece of land that hadn't really belonged to her. He understood now why she was so on edge when he had walked up. Maybe she feared he would do the same. Well, what's done is done, and you seemed to have learned from it. That's what counts, he said, fully believing it. And, if you think your fighting abilities aren't that great, I'd be willing to give you a lesson, if you want, he offered.