It was probably more to do with the fact that it was blood - because you know, blood magic and all. Saying it was from a dragon would just add fuel to the fire. But that was a good point - an Asher mage was kind of terrifying.

Ten years - yeah, he can certainly feel it, even if the blade does make it easier to deal with physical blows. In a real fight he would be relying just as much on his magic as he did on his sword work, but during sparring Sam always tried to still to one or the other, so that he would learn. Course there were the times that his partner was in the same situation, which allowed for mixing it up a bit. As it was though, barriers and magic sword were the only magic he was planning on using here.

Sam grunts as he steps forward when the opposite force is no longer pressing and instead moves him to the side. Using some advice from a different lesson, Sam follows through with the step, using that bit of momentum to spin around and bring his sword back up for an attack - a little weary on right out attacking at the moment since he wasn't sure what the blade could do.

"No, haven't met Amalia. Don't usually need a healer, but Kallian and Christine have that pretty much covered when I do. So you'd be set on fire, or would the other healer be set on fire?"