Robin seems content to watch them struggle. The shopkeeper, on the other hand, is very used to helping people in and out of clothes, and steps in to help without so much as a moment's hesitation.

"If I may," he says, reaching forward to undo the buckle with his good hand. His bad hand (or rather, his entire bad arm) has not moved much the entire time they've been in here. Now, it's easy to see that it moves with some difficulty, stiffly, almost robotically.

But he's practiced with it, so he can do some looping and hook the skirt onto Phalanx properly--with only minor uncomfortable encroachments on their physical space.