[Training]

If she's honest about it, the swords are meant to be wielded by somebody with more than two hands.

"Hm?" Zophiel hears someone talking and turns her head towards it - before realizing she's the subject of the sentence. "Oh." She stops its momentum and puts the tip to the ground so she can lean against the sword and wipe the sweat off her brow.

Then, she says something that is probably false but it makes sense to her: "After a certain point, defense and offense are basically the same thing," she says.

Then, after a moment of thinking, she pulls the sword up again, twists her wrist, and puts her other hand against the flat of the blade: "Besides, with just a grip change, it's just as good as any old tower shield." It's not quite as wide or as curved as a tower shield, and still keeps the hand holding the sword exposed, but...almost as good as a tower shield. She gestures at the sword on the ground: "Feel free to try it, you'll see it's practically the same."