Another stray thought that mucks up her motions a bit - definitely overextended there, but she corrects it with a scowl on her face. This seems to be doing her teacher some good. At least at the moment he doesn't about look ready to crawl under a rock and die.

She knows she'd better start getting all this in and getting it to work even with distractions. So, why not an idle conversation? "So why a katana?" she asks, sliding from one pose to the next.