He laughs, because the idea that she hopes to learn anything about being a dragoon in less than a month is ridiculous to him. Which is precisely how long he expected her attention span to last.

"It comes not in knowledge, but in discipline - in the strength of your body and the manipulation of your aether." He shakes his head. "I was younger than you when I began my training, and it was not until my twenty-third winter that earned the rank of dragoon."

"...But if a demonstration is all you need, I plan on honing what strength I can until the day my strength returns."