"the men aren't accustomed to women. There will be fights, rapes..."
"These women have knives and know how to use them."
"And the first time one of these spearwives slits the throat of one of our brothers, what then?"
"We will have lost a man, but we've just GAINED sixty-three. You're good at counting, my lord. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that still leave us sixty-two ahead?"
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Date: 2011-07-13 11:13 pm (UTC)"These women have knives and know how to use them."
"And the first time one of these spearwives slits the throat of one of our brothers, what then?"
"We will have lost a man, but we've just GAINED sixty-three. You're good at counting, my lord. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that still leave us sixty-two ahead?"