“Sparring - hand to hand, or with practice weapons, since we can fashion something out of the wood that’s in abundance around here. Strength training, drills for endurance,” Zechs suggested, looking thoughtful. “Whatever we can manage considering our minimal equipment. When you are armed - we can practice marksmanship on targets, perhaps spar with live swords, once we have a measure of each other’s abilities.”

Or they could just spar outright once they’re both armed. He was guessing Cloud was a bit more hesitant about jumping into a more realistic fight, however, though he would concede he’s perhaps making assumptions.