Sword Dancer
He held his shattered wrist and slinked off to the medical center of the academy, his second place prize abandoned.
For being the winner, Boro received an astounding 100 gold royals, practically a fortune, and a sealed letter of recommendation to be apprenticed by any Sword Master he wished. This more then anything was what Boro needed, he knew all the forms and had even made some of his own. His skill with a blade was excellent but what he lacked was real experience. Apprenticing under a master would allow him to gain the real world experience he so desperately wanted. With a master he could fight in actual battles and wars.
He would come to realize that this want was childish and that he k