"Well... I mean, if you're sure," said Heiji, furrowing his brow a little. "I mean, it'd be a little harder to face off, but... you really like fencing, right? I'd be happy to teach ya what I know, but I wouldn't want to make you use up all those hard-earned coins just so you could spar with me."

After all, Hershel was super nice, but Heiji also kind of suspected that Hershel would like... throw himself into a puddle or something so that other people wouldn't have to get their shoes muddy.