“Only on the official rolls, eh? Just another polite lie.” Kisame barely gave the statement more than that, going through the seals again.

A flick of his fingers later launched an all-but-invisible blade of air at the training logs. Another chopped in half.

“I’m sure you could pick it up. You’ve got more than enough skill in multiple elements, Sephiroth-san. This one, though, I need to condense the motion more. It will be too easy to read in a fight. The benefit of wind is that it’s hard to see, eh?”

He was probably overestimating most opponents, but there was something to be said for pursuing perfection in a technique.