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Hello,” said the beautiful elven maid. “I was just thinking, and I mean no offence, but—how can any fighting force crowded with the softer sex hope to prevail in battle?”“Huh?” said Elliot, brilliantly. “The softer what?”“I refer to men,” said the elf girl. “Naturally I was aware the Border guard admitted men, and I support men in their endeavor to prove they are equal to women, but their natures are not warlike, are they?

Hello,” said the beautiful elven maid. “I was just thinking, and I mean no offence, but—how can any fighting force crowded with the softer sex hope to prevail in battle?”“Huh?” said Elliot, brilliantly. “The softer what?”“I refer to men,” said the elf girl. “Naturally I was aware the Border guard admitted men, and I support men in their endeavor to prove they are equal to women, but their natures are not warlike, are they?

Approximate author period: c. 1983 AD · modern

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Sarah Rees Brennan
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Approximate author period: c. 1983 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1983; activity date not established; Wikidata Q7422728, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7422728 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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