monster is trying to hit you with it.
Don't give away what weapon a monster is carrying if it is not actually wielding it, especially not in the form of "A goblin, wielding a sling." that is shortly followed by "The goblin wields a sling." :p
git-svn-id: https://crawl-ref.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/crawl-ref/trunk@5763 c06c8d41-db1a-0410-9941-cceddc491573
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