"Between their legs?" she tilted her head. "Can't they just bend at the knees?" Alice didn't know about how painful it was for boys to be kicked in such a place. "It all seems very mean to hit or kick anyone at all, though. I don't like the idea of hurting someone." She knew that fencing, archery, and boxing were all very lady-like hobbies to have, but you never hurt anyone! Well, maybe in boxing, but Alice had never been to a boxing match, she had only seen an article about it in her sister's magazine.

At his mention of the softer bits she reached out and poked him in the stomach and then his arms and then his cheeks.

"This is the only soft bit you have," it was actually quite surprising how much of him was hard to the touch.

"I'll keep her with me, always!"