Her grin grows just a little wider at his response. "Also why I'm spending so much time here. People don't get more honest than when they're in the middle of a fight, even if they're only training around here."

Of course, people still hold back when training - she does, while gauging how much her sparring partner can take - but that's still more than words alone can convey.

She drops down from her low perch, then, stretching out the aches born of sitting for a while as she looks across at him. "Then again, skills are only part of a person. A big part, perhaps, but personality's more than what someone can do." Willingness to do so being a big other part of things; all the skill in the world doesn't matter to Shalimar if the holder isn't much for making use of them as part of a team.