Josephus: Is it true what they say about the Iranian tribes having female warriors, that were the inspiration for the Amazons of the Greek?
Athena: Oh them… well not really. See, they don’t really fight themselves, only come to the battle with some rudimentary weaponry, which they at most flail while using. As women go, they are too weak to use it effectively.
[ Note: This scene echoes my old cognitive bias that muscle mass is required to make a person stronger, and that women have weaker muscles. This is not in fact true, and the real reason that women were excluded from parts of the workforce was the tendency of subsets of them to bitch about trivialities. ]
Athena: We on the other hand, have found a more effective way to protect us against their raids against our village.
Josephus: Really? Which one?
Athena: Knives! [She shows a knife.] These are much better knives than what we have in the village, but ours are good for it too. Selena can demonstrate - she’s an expert in throwing them.
[ Alexis inscribes an X on the wall using some chalk. Selena stands with a knife in the opposite direction to the wall. ]
Josephus: Hold it, she’s not in the right direction
[ Selena quickly turns, throws the knife and hits the X. ]
Athena: After we threw a few knives like that at their chieftains eyes, they left us alone.
Josephus’ Voice: OK, there was definite arousal. I thought I should go.
Josephus: OK, I really should go - it was nice talking you, but I’m beginning to sin here.
Josephus: Yes! Our Torah forbade us from incest.
Athena: Well, these are just feelings. They don’t hurt anyone. Please stay - we’ll pay you for the time.
Athena: Anyway, these knives are not as effective as bows, which we are still too weak to use. Or swords that are used for melee.
Josephus: But they’ve been getting lighter…
Athena: Exactly! Maybe one day a bow will be light enough for a girl to operate using both hands.
Josephus: [Laughs] Hah hah! Tell you what? Maybe one day a girl will be able to hold one long-ranged bow-like weapon in each hand.
Athena: [Laughs] You crack me up.