Yeah, long bows. Everyone in the Two Rivers knows how to use a bow.
[And Mat likes to think he's quite good at it. He's been using one since he was a tiny thing, and there's been plenty of seasons where his bow was the only thing putting food on the table.
He shrugs at the description of the Free Cities and how they aren't drafting any of their Summoned. Doesn't make any sense to him, either, but that seems to be the way of it.]
Thorne doesn't make us do anything, either. Except stay in the castle and the city around it. They give us nice rooms, too. Big beds, feather mattress. It's a comfortable place to be kept, if nothing else. And the castle has its appeal.
[The luxury, for one. The food. And the company. Mat cannot complain about the company, all things considered.]
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[And Mat likes to think he's quite good at it. He's been using one since he was a tiny thing, and there's been plenty of seasons where his bow was the only thing putting food on the table.
He shrugs at the description of the Free Cities and how they aren't drafting any of their Summoned. Doesn't make any sense to him, either, but that seems to be the way of it.]
Thorne doesn't make us do anything, either. Except stay in the castle and the city around it. They give us nice rooms, too. Big beds, feather mattress. It's a comfortable place to be kept, if nothing else. And the castle has its appeal.
[The luxury, for one. The food. And the company. Mat cannot complain about the company, all things considered.]
Better than barracks, I'd wager.