Ryuken taught the Storm Step on the first morning of week five, which was the morning after the rest day, which meant Vane came to the inner sanctum still thinking about the roof in Korreth and the fish and what Ashe had said about belonging to both.
He stopped thinking about it when Ryuken told him to walk across the sanctum.
"Just walk," Ryuken said. "Normal pace. To the far wall and back."
Vane walked to the far wall and back.
Ryuken watched his feet the entire time. When Vane returned to the starting point Ryuken said: "You have been telegraphing your directional changes since before you could fight properly. Your weight shifts two beats before your foot moves. Any Sentinel-rank opponent who has watched you for thirty seconds can predict every change of direction before you commit to it."
Vane thought about the evaluation courtyard. About Lancelot moving to where he was going rather than where he was. About eight rounds on the leviathan with the same result eight times.
