Mordred did not really like the word 'cute' being applied to any of his possessions, and his tone became slightly cool in response, "They are far more convenient to carry than a pipe or selection of cigars." But then he warmed a little, she was, after all, only a young woman and was bound to say things such as that.
"I believe it is to create an image of saintly women, a woman that can be trusted more so than a man who undertakes vices?" He replied, shrugging. He had never really cared too much about what his female friends did and did not do- in private they smoked and drank and did whatever they wished; but perhaps, Mordred considered with a private smirk, that was simply the nature of the women he associated with.