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[white_widow]

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[white_widow]

How many trick arrows do I have? None. I have a lot of knives, though, and a good amount of guns. And of course my Bites and my baton. Bites are sometimes surprisingly effective against a super person.

[coolcostumes]

do you know how to shoot a bow? did they teach that to you?

[white_widow]

Yes, I know how to shoot a bow.

[coolcostumes]

i kinda wanna see you do that now.

[white_widow]

Of course you do. Okay, then I get to pick a weapon to see your skill with, too.

[coolcostumes]

oooh okay. that'd be cool even if i'll probably be horrible.

[white_widow]

Have you never practiced with any other weapons?

[coolcostumes]

a little

no guns or anything. knives and swords. and a baseball bat.

[white_widow]

Is there a reason you practiced with a baseball bat but not guns?

[coolcostumes]

guess i'm just not really a fan of guns/

[white_widow]

That's an entirely valid position. I like them, but I love my knives best.

[coolcostumes]

i like knives too
especially when i use them to cut chicken.

i'm kidding i know what you mean

[white_widow]

I also like cooking knives, thank you very much.

[coolcostumes]

yes i know you have some very specific thoughts on cutlery.

[white_widow]

This will only prove your point, but: cooking knives are not cutlery. Cutlery is what you use to eat your food, not prepare it.

[coolcostumes]

i just use the same knives to do everything.

[white_widow]

...

And by that, do you mean that you are spreading peanut butter with a chef's knife, or chopping vegetables with a butter knife? I need to know which direction to be horrified in.

[coolcostumes]

i just use whatever's clean and nearby so maybe yeah.

[white_widow]

[...]

Kate Bishop, you distress me greatly.

[coolcostumes]

what? i am not that bad!

[white_widow]

No, that is bad. You may have used butter knives to chop things and cutting knives for sandwich making. That is bad.

[coolcostumes]

why? they did what i needed them to do.

[white_widow]

Well, for one thing, it is a horrible way to treat knives that are for cutting. You are going to dull or damage the blade, and I would be amazed if you own a knife sharpener or a whetstone.

Would you use your arrowheads to cut things? Or the string to tie things up?

[coolcostumes]

well no.

but what's the harm of using a butter knife to cut chicken or something?

[white_widow]

Butter knives being called knives at all is a travesty, in my opinion.

I mean, you can kill someone with a butter knife, of course, but you just feel so stupid the whole time you're doing it.