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Re: Familiarity breeds contempt? kHz1000 Send a noteboard - 17/10/2016 06:35:20 PM

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I read somewhere that the Army & law enforcement recruits who make the best marksmanship students are the ones who have no civilian firearms experience. They have no bad habits to unlearn

Heh, you realize you're also quoting Elayne? She was thinking exaxtly the same about the female Queen's guards - the ones with no previous training were learning to use a sword faster. RJ would of course have known that about the military.


The omniscient agent that starts all WoT prologues once described the Tar Valonese attitude towards the Tower. Something to be proud of but not too closely acquainted with, kind of (I think the metaphor was 'fireplace'. Might explain why girls may not be all that willing to be tested for novices.

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