[Faize seems surprised to hear this but also...relieved? Yeah that's definitely some relief there. This whole time he's been sitting here feeling like the newbiest of the sword newbs when, all along, he was not alone!]

Almost a year? [Slight emphasis on the "almost" because wow, that's not a long time at all...] Truly, I am relieved to hear that there is another near my own level. The rest of you are all so much older than I, so I assumed the gaps between us must be immense. But I am...oddly glad that I was mistaken.

[Let's fight then. It's okay now because he won't be wasting your time.]