Dream fragment

[alexxkay]

A fairy-tale setting, roughly equal parts Italian Ren and Terry Gilliam. There's an evil witch in a cloud castle, and a young prince with a magic sword goes up to do battle with her. After various surreal adventures, he succeeds, and hurls her body down to earth.

"Then came forth all the women of the town, to see the witch or the sword, to poison them, for surety."

Comments

[kgbooklog.livejournal.com]

to see the witch or the sword, to poison them

Don't leave us hanging like that, tell us how they poisoned the sword.

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

However one normally poisons a weapon, I suppose. I'm pretty sure it was in the sense of "apply poison to the outside of" regarding the weapon.