“Hello,” said the beautiful elven maid. “I was just thinking, and I mean no offence, but—how can any fighting force crowded with the softer sex hope to prevail in battle?” “Huh?” said Elliot brilliantly. “The softer what?” “I refer to men,” said the elf girl. “Naturally I was aware the Border guard admitted men, and I support men in their endeavor to prove they are equal to women, but their natures are not warlike, are they?” Elliot offered, after a long pause: “I don’t enjoy fighting.” She favored him with a slow smile, like dawn light spreading on water. “Very natural.” “In fact,” Elliot
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Umm yes
