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"Come out and fight!" the knight called.
"Very well," the dragon replied. "As the challenged party, I get to choose weapons. I choose pistols."
"What? I have a lance and horse!"
"I don't. Here is a matched set, pick one."
"Those are cannons!"
"Tomayto tomahto. Pick, or forfeit the challenge."
@MicroSFF
I liked the confusion between jousting and battling. No knight would ride a horse into battle holding a lance. Maybe a spear, though, for a single throw, then get the sword out. In a very convoluted scenario.
@jerrej The lance began as a military weapon on the battlefield - the jousting lance came later.
Many medieval depictions of S:t George battling the dragon show him mounted and using a lance.
And all those depictions are fictitious.
@jerrej As is this story. :-)
Nevertheless, the lance was used militarily by heavy cavalry in Europe from at least 1066 until the end of the 16th century, and had a revival in the 19th century by light cavalry.
There's even a troop type named after them: lancer.
@MicroSFF Oh, I didn't know the expression "Tomayto, tomahto" (french speaker, here). Glad to learn it, thanks ! 🙂
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@MicroSFF Idiots, those who bring lances to a cannon fight.