"Those are three different forms of cotton," she says, "which doesn't wick moisture away from your skin as well as linen does, which is why you want linen when you're going to be mucking about in the woods on some kind of epic quest where you're not going to have access to tumble-dryers on a regular basis."
She puts the blouse down, because she wants her hands free to gesture with.
"Then, given that it's a quest where you're liable to get attacked by fuck only knows what, the ideal next layer is silk for protection against stabbing and punctures, and then on top of that you want leather, because leather will protect you from everything other than stabbing. Then some nice wool on top, because wool is as close as we're going to get to water-proofing unless you want to wrap yourself in a beeswax sheet like a giant mouthy candle."
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"Those are three different forms of cotton," she says, "which doesn't wick moisture away from your skin as well as linen does, which is why you want linen when you're going to be mucking about in the woods on some kind of epic quest where you're not going to have access to tumble-dryers on a regular basis."
She puts the blouse down, because she wants her hands free to gesture with.
"Then, given that it's a quest where you're liable to get attacked by fuck only knows what, the ideal next layer is silk for protection against stabbing and punctures, and then on top of that you want leather, because leather will protect you from everything other than stabbing. Then some nice wool on top, because wool is as close as we're going to get to water-proofing unless you want to wrap yourself in a beeswax sheet like a giant mouthy candle."
She plants her hands on her hips.
"You got any other arguments?"