The real argument may have went something like this: "I am a very busy and violent man, who, as I have just demonstrated, is quite accurate with a deadly projectile weapon. In light of this, would you perhaps prefer to rethink your policy of holding up my entire army ?"
Similar to Solomon's classic legal argument: "Don't bother me with petty crap like this or I will slice your baby in half!"
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