Hi All...

The cleaned up poop conversation (pun intended)

[start]
"Poop," Shallan said. "You?re out there on the battlefield, encased in metal like a crab in its shell. What do you do if nature calls?"

"I . . . er . . ." Adolin frowned at her. "That is not something any woman has ever asked me before."

"Yay for originality!" Shallan said, though she blushed as she said it. Jasnah would have been displeased. Couldn?t Shallan mind her tongue for a single conversation? She?d gotten him talking about something he liked; everything had been going well. Now this.

"Well," Adolin said slowly, "every battle has breaks in the flow, and men rotate in and out of the front lines. For every five minutes you?re fighting, you often have almost as many resting. When a Shardbearer pulls back, men inspect his armor for cracks, give him something to drink or eat, and help him with lighteyed womanf, lettre . . . what you just mentioned. It?s not something that makes a good topic of conversation, Brightness. We don?t really talk about it."

"That?s precisely what makes it a good topic of conversation," she said. "I can find out about wars and Shardbearers and glorious killing in the official accounts. The grimy details, though?nobody writes those down."

"Well, it does get grimy," Adolin said with a grimace, taking a drink. "You can?t really . . . I can?t believe I?m saying this . . . you can?t really wipe yourself in Shardplate, so someone has to do it for you. Makes me feel like an infant. Then, sometimes, you just don?t have time . . ."
[end]

BTW.. what is the "womanf" reference all about?

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