Though he is not rotund, Midnight does in no way consider himself sportive at all. He lacks physical strength in a way he himself describes as being unable to win an arm-wrestling match against [[Queenie]]; this may be exaggerated, but it shows the tendency. And as he lacks martial arts skills and is not used to handling weapons of whatever kind, he is so little of a fighter that he keeps away from actual or even possible combat situations as well as he can. But at least he does so smartly, elegantly, and without losing his dignity by appearing as a coward.

Though he is not rotund, Midnight does in no way consider himself sportive at all. He lacks physical strength in a way he himself describes as being unable to win an arm-wrestling match against [[Queenie]]; this may be exaggerated, but it shows the tendency. And as he lacks martial arts skills and is not used to handling weapons of whatever kind, he is so little of a fighter that he keeps away from actual or even possible combat situations as well as he can. But at least he does so smartly, elegantly, and without losing his dignity by appearing as a coward.