Talk:Miló and Akoúo̱/@comment-24180428-20130907164351/@comment-10390252-20130907180758

I've said from the start that Milo is an Assegai, an infantry spear whose head can double as a sword for close combat. The traditional Earth assegai requires that its shaft be broken off just below the sleeve where the head is attached to the shaft in order to be used as a close-quarters weapon. Pyrrha's people have taken the logical step of replacing the fixed wooden shaft with a telescopic metal one, allowing multiple reuse.