"--not threatening at all?" Ron offered, a feeble half-grin on his face.

"I'm good with knives--really good with knives," he said, "but they wouldn't really do. Faith did have me have a go with her swords for a bit. I've a bit of a knack for it, she said."

He was good at anticipating his opponent's moves before they did them. It was a bit like chess, after all. Only more instinctual, which Ron also did quite well.