But also like he's wrong too, like there absolutely laws against this in parts of the world and where there weren't there was still social repercussions from your immediate community

Usually in fiction if there's a uniquely evil group of people who are revile by others and through time that would be considered pretty heavy handed and possibly cheap writing but damn if he isn't going for "but they were evil, it was the culture" as American foundation myth

Claiming to be a historian too. Like yikes which fucking institution educated that burn out.

Even in the European "dark ages" if a husband was suspected let alone busted for mistreating their wife he would have the absolute piss beaten out him

Vinegar kills black mould better than bleach, bleach takes the colour away and doesn't knock em out

He's probably scared he'd biff it

It was an oddly compelling game