I shan't mention that Aoife was my grandmother, then. Difficult enough to juggle being a Marshal and a Bigod without delving further back and causing upset.
I don't know what has happened between my time and yours, of course. I do intend to find out.
Men are more suited to fighting as a way of life, I would say. I cannot deny that they are bigger and stronger. In a time of desperation, though? It would be a fool who discounted the women.
I fear I'm quite unfamiliar with the term, however: what is a rifle?
It is ancient history in your time, that's the trouble. In mine? I consider it the most important work we've done.