"Hm." He lifts his eyes in acknowledgment of all these protests; they're decent ones. Honestly, By wouldn't trust most of the outsiders further than he could throw them. The only one he half-trusts is Miles, but the no-further-than-he-can-throw-him thing is true for Miles as well; it's just that it's possible to hurl the little man for miles. Hence the name, perhaps?

Hah.

"What if you brought an Armsman with you?"