Redsand Canyon where habits have teeth and the words carry knives

The woman was attentive to all that she had to say, and Aquene had not realized that she had left the loveable and kind Arsenio out when giving Towhee more information. She hummed and nodded at the mention of the names aloud. Aquene could inform her about the man after their spar. Truth be told, she had never seen Arsenio in a situation to equate him with being a soldier. He had escorted her, but it had felt more like a friendly conversation the entire time. She’d been meaning to see the man out for a spar, but had not yet found the time to do so with the intrusion of Qiao on her life and training Malila. She’d only found Kallik.
 
Another truth to be told was she did not know if it was possible to be both a soldier and a wife. She knew women carrying were to be demoted to Plebian, but surely a man could take a woman auxiliary as his wife as well? Either way, she was not certain and there was no one around who could properly clarify for her now either. “That is all of them.” She confirmed realizing she had never offered a verbal confirmation.
 
The question came and she grinned, nodding eagerly as she started to take up her own defensive position, her tail swishing from side to side as her body lowered slightly to the ground to give her better leverage. “Absolutely! I am quite looking forward to learning from you.” She learned with every hit she took or every attack she made that didn’t land, and she knew this spar would be no different.