human
I'll be damned, Cliff blurted.
gpt
Oop, sorry Isobel.
human
I'll be damned, too, Isobel said.
gpt
What in the world can you do with that, Homer? I was thinking in terms of you mowing those people down with machine guns or something.
human
It's probably the most efficient handweapon ever devised. The weapon of the British yeoman. With one of these you can disarm a swordsman in a matter of seconds. A good man with a quarterstaff can unhorse a knight in armor and batter him to death, in a minute or so. The only other handweapon capable of countering it is another quarterstaff. Watch this, with the favorable two-hand leverage the ends of the staff can be made to move at invisibly high speeds.
gpt
I had to liberate it. Didn't have time for all the dickering the guy wanted to go through.
human
Those European clothes won't do. We've got some spare things along. You can improvise. Men and women's clothes don't differ that much around here.
gpt
I'll make out all right, Isobel said.
human
I can change in the plane.
gpt
Hey, Isobel, Abe called out.
human
Why not dress up like one of these Dogon babes?
gpt
Some chance, Isobel hissed menacingly at him.
human
A strip tease you want, yet. You'll see me in a haik and like it, wise guy.
gpt
Shucks,
human
I suppose you'll do in western stuff, he said.
gpt
After all, this El Hassan is supposed to be the voice of the future. A lot of his potential followers will already be wearing shirts and pants. Don't look _too_ civilized, though.