Athos does not take Porthos up on such a challenge, instead stepping forward in order to physically adjust where Porthos is standing, immediately blocking out the fact that anything is different about his friend. He does not have the wherewithal to pay attention to that. Once he has set him in place, he nods, thinking of how it will work.

Anne had always been so adept with swordplay. In retrospect, he might have suspected. "There. Shall we try that?"