"I'll help you fight. I've got a box of alchemist's fire we can use. We could put it by the gate, then set it

"I'll help you fight. I've got a box of alchemist's fire we can use. We could put it by the gate, then set it off with a burning arrow when those bandits get close. I'll even shoot the arrow myself. I used to be pretty good with a crossbow, back in my day."