"Then why does she not display her true strength?" He shifts the position of the spear on his back, settles it more securely between his shoulderblades. "No, I think I see; in a contest such as this, little good comes of revealing one's true power true freely. But what sort of battle is it, where neither warrior displays their strength or skill?" He shakes his head. "I am no stranger to war, but the means by which this one is conducted are strange indeed."