Enjolras matches the pace, which admittedly is easier when one has longer legs.
To the question, he makes an equivocating face. "Well, I do see the logic. A stick, that has other uses. A man might want to be fashionable, or support a weak leg. A sword or a gun..."
Well, hunting. But Bar gives out food, and there are no livestock here to protect except the few horses, and some animals are patrons.
"But if she refused to give out anything a man might use as a weapon at enough need, she'd provide us only porridge."
You could still fling porridge in somebody's eyes to blind them, or to make a slippery mess under their feet, if you were desperate enough -- but never mind.
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To the question, he makes an equivocating face. "Well, I do see the logic. A stick, that has other uses. A man might want to be fashionable, or support a weak leg. A sword or a gun..."
Well, hunting. But Bar gives out food, and there are no livestock here to protect except the few horses, and some animals are patrons.
"But if she refused to give out anything a man might use as a weapon at enough need, she'd provide us only porridge."
You could still fling porridge in somebody's eyes to blind them, or to make a slippery mess under their feet, if you were desperate enough -- but never mind.