Kids Being Kids
Arion looked toward the old Lord Guard, but the latter had already begun to speak again.
"Faelon. Passed the Preliminary Round of the Gathering of Kingdoms on his second bout. Forward."
The Preliminary Round had given everyone three chances to win a single battle. So long as they won one, they could make it to the next round. To say that one had passed on their second bout meant that they had lost one before making it to the next.
The fact that both seemed to have the same record painted the picture that the Ma'at Bubble was at least not forming an unfair pairing and it should be a fair battle.
"You two will be sparring. The winner will be based on a tag system and your weapons, should you need them, will be provided, as they will be blunt. A tag will be based on my count and every battle will last one minute total.
"Now, what weapons, if any, do you need?"
The Half-Spiritual spoke first. "I'll take a saber."