Tucking it up underneath her body as she would any other polearm, Artemis realized that the crossguard at the butt end of the shaft was now perfectly positioned as a rest for her hind-hooves. And the strangely-shaped front guard seemed to be encouraging her to place both of her forehooves on the grip, with the wide flared part serving as a kind of built-in jousting shield on her weapon side, and the narrow, spike-like protrusion acted as a bar to allow her to rest some of the weapon's weight on her crossed foreleg. 