He stepped back, his hands still clenched together. He had never really gone up against someone with a sword before, so this was all new to him and it made it difficult.

"I wouldn't be doing a very good job back home, if I wasn't able to defend myself." Sure, he says he was a gardener, but he knew he also had a second job. To protect the Phantomhive house at all cost and protect the people inside. Even if the place did get a good deal destroyed the last time.

"But I don't quite understand why you are doing this."