What is considered the pinnacle? It's usually considered the most successful point, the highest something can be. However it is constantly mistaken as the highest something will ever be. Wrock could feel it, the pinnacle of swordsmanship Merin displayed, it's the highest anyone has ever seen.
But as she fought with Akiol, he could see it. Not the flaws, but rather her effort to strive even higher. But when you reach a point higher than everyone else, you lack things to compare yourself too. Can you even tell if you've improved? Did you rise an inch? Did you fall an inch?
It's a cage, a lonesome point that can't be calculated using numbers. The only way to tell is with something that can be compared, but at the so called pinnacle who can reach you?
Entering the Arena Wrock lifted a hand, a bit of Spirit formed into a feather. Closing his eyes he murmured under his breath before crushing it. Merin watched in interest, "What was that?"
