"I don't know if I'll ever be great at combat, but I've learned more here than I did in over eighty years back home, so this is a great place to gain new skills."
Lucifer insisted on teaching him how to protect himself and Istredd would say overall he's decent enough to get by now. He could keep himself alive in combat without magic, and he doesn't allow it to be a crutch anymore. He likes being generally more competent. He's not hiding in his libraries anymore, he's out in a strange world. It's foolish not to grow.
It is very common for Istredd to mention his advanced age despite looking in his thirties, mostly because he doesn't bother to hide it and time really starts becoming just a number to his kind after awhile. He is not past a century yet, that is when his years both start to matter and stop mattering entirely.
"We can trade. I'll show you magic, you can show me your fencing." Normally he would not volunteer to hold more swords at this point, but it seems like the polite thing to do, and John is brand new and probably could use connections.
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Lucifer insisted on teaching him how to protect himself and Istredd would say overall he's decent enough to get by now. He could keep himself alive in combat without magic, and he doesn't allow it to be a crutch anymore. He likes being generally more competent. He's not hiding in his libraries anymore, he's out in a strange world. It's foolish not to grow.
It is very common for Istredd to mention his advanced age despite looking in his thirties, mostly because he doesn't bother to hide it and time really starts becoming just a number to his kind after awhile. He is not past a century yet, that is when his years both start to matter and stop mattering entirely.
"We can trade. I'll show you magic, you can show me your fencing." Normally he would not volunteer to hold more swords at this point, but it seems like the polite thing to do, and John is brand new and probably could use connections.