Lord Vorlopulous was feuding with several neighbors, and found his new allotment of 20 Armsmen quite inadequate for his needs. He therefore hired 2,000 « cooks » and sent them out to carve up his enemies. In an attempt to stick to the letter of the law, he was most ingenious about arming them with butcher knives instead of swords, and so on.
Genevieve Cogman, Vorkosigan Saga Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game
L’allonge est moindre, certes, mais un couteau de boucher peut causer de sacrées blessures…
Vous pouvez m’en croire.