#100% no worries!! thank you for your patience too 🤲

[voyage-inferno]

"I've heard of your skills as an adventurer from passing word, but I am left to wonder... Do you know how to handle yourself during a fight?"

It's a bit of an excuse, for he wants to test the other's combat skills, whether or not he has any potential in the battlefield, if perhaps he was capable of becoming as much of a warrior. Perhaps there was a little of projection, if nothing else.

"How would you like to try your skills against me? I'm quite the savvy fighter, as you'd know if you've heard word of me too!" It is an invitation to fight.

[for the ask call! sorry for the delay]

"I always try my best!!"

Bennett puffs out his chest a little in emphasis. And it was true- hopelessly outmatched or not, him quitting was very far out of the norm. Most of his scars contain the stories of such fights, each one he held as proof of being able to survive.

"I'll admit- most of my recent uh, practice, hasn't been with people, but I'm more than happy to fight with you!!! It'll be really nice to fight someone new- I appreciate your invite!"

Truly, it was a treat. Bennett's own reputation had many people cautious, and not all of his friends favored such activities. Would the other prefer him to contain his curse? Fight him with a weapon he hadn't seen? Show unique techniques? He had heard of Childe's fighting reputation in a loose sort of sense- someone who inhaled battle and exhaled experience, creative and effective yet not particularly unfair.

"Just let me know what rules you want! What weapons, if you want me to shove my curse down, if we're sparing for a time or until tap-out. Stuff like that. I'm really only confident with swords under claymore weight, but that won't stop me from trying if you don't mind."