Oh, she takes it, and she can toss it back just as much.

"We didn't have a whetstone." Duh, Johanna. These girls were poor as hell and spent their time delivering letters for their father, offering up themselves in exchange for sponsorship for their family. The money was gone the second they got it home.

Eponine only blinks. "And I do not like the floor- I can move easier around you, if you sit on a bench. You will also not be nearly as covered in your own hair after. We can see where your hair falls, easier, as well." She was surprisingly practical, when she needed be.