There will come a time when they will ask. [ he is broad and able-bodied. why wouldn't they ask him? she would ask him, if she were so invested. often she does call upon him to wear his muscle like an offensive, and not just a force of creation. ]

Already, they ask me. Oh -- not to fight. None are so stupid. But they ask me to send men to fight. They tell me it is wise to strip my walls of its soldiers and march them elsewhere.

[ and between her words her meaning is evident: she's done no such thing. ]