[Sorey will be left waiting a moment while Dante fiddles with the bokken. First he tests its weight and how it feels when he swings it, looking contemplative as he tries to remember what the weapon he'd held in his dream felt like in his hand. Is the bokken a lighter weight? Does it feel right to hold it in his hands? In spite of his hopes, there's no immediate sense of memory, no innate comfort in holding the wooden sword.
Looks like this'll be a little tougher than that.
Next he'll test out a couple different ways of standing, different methods of holding the sword: he mimics Sorey's stance first, sword out before him, both hands wrapped around the hilt... it feels right for what little he knows of kendo, but is it right for him? He isn't sure. He'll switch between a couple other stances (he does try holding it like a baseball bat, but that only makes him feel like an idiot; like a fencer; arm cocked back and up), but nothing feels quite right and so finally he settles back into a mimicry of Sorey's stance. He's not really sure if that's his "natural," but it's a bokken. It begs to be held in a certain way.]
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Looks like this'll be a little tougher than that.
Next he'll test out a couple different ways of standing, different methods of holding the sword: he mimics Sorey's stance first, sword out before him, both hands wrapped around the hilt... it feels right for what little he knows of kendo, but is it right for him? He isn't sure. He'll switch between a couple other stances (he does try holding it like a baseball bat, but that only makes him feel like an idiot; like a fencer; arm cocked back and up), but nothing feels quite right and so finally he settles back into a mimicry of Sorey's stance. He's not really sure if that's his "natural," but it's a bokken. It begs to be held in a certain way.]
I think I'll try it like this for now. What next?