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by thaumasiotes 2821 days ago
The sword in the stone really isn't the right story here; you want Arthur receiving Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake.
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...her arm clad in the purest shimmering silmite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water...

(Couldn’t resist)

Honestly as I kid I thought that she would be clad in slime -- but I still would eagerly have grabbed the cutlery.
s/silmite/samite

Per Wikipedia[0]:

Samite was a luxurious and heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill-type weave, often including gold or silver thread.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samite