[ Either of them were well enough armed to take care of a little girl even without the physical weapons they were given. However, Hook held his up instead of tossing it down. ]

If you're looking for me to throw this torch on the ground we're all going to have a problem should anything go awry, lass.

[ It wasn't as though he couldn't defend himself, but lets not puncture the thing that says "Do not puncture" on the warning label on accident ok. On the other hand, if they could figure a directionality he could just throw it, let Scratch shoot it, and likely knock the girl out of the trees. He had to get her to say something else to be sure, but he had an idea of which way to throw. All he needed to do was hope that Scratch would know what he meant when he said "Pull" after throwing it in that direction. ]