Right? Although, maybe the weapons are metaphorical.
Rather than write what the characters are immediately thinking, maybe the weapons represent the oral fight they are preparing for. The girl is preparing her assault to save the poor boy’s soul, and he is preparing his defense against the dark arts.
Would be more believable if they were fighting for believing in different gods.
Or if the atheist just had a shield
Yea, atheist don’t give a fuck until the religious psychos; aka people actually following their holy books don’t want to force their beliefs onto us…
Right? Although, maybe the weapons are metaphorical.
Rather than write what the characters are immediately thinking, maybe the weapons represent the oral fight they are preparing for. The girl is preparing her assault to save the poor boy’s soul, and he is preparing his defense against the dark arts.