i'm in the agony of slipper pain

"I've heard about your prowess. Will you show me?"

Prowess, he says. But prowess is a word for the studied; for the careful; for the disciplined.

Master Minoth is many things, but he is not disciplined. Aegaeon can imagine that his muscles are lean, that his joints spring with all the terror of a powerful beast, but his wild fighting style is no warrior's way.

Instead, Master Minoth is inspired. Further, he is inspiring. If there is a scale for the male Blades of their party, these two sit squarely and vigilantly at opposite ends.

So let the inspired move!