[would you not!love her if she was any different?]

Excuse you, I recall that I bested his Honourable Tyranny too. One handed, with only half my vision. With blood loss. A triumph no one else I know has achieved.

[So what if she had been this close to collapsing from that blood loss by the time she finally reached him. That didn't count for shit.]

I only ever came to you because of your skills. And the thought that I'd be nice and let you work off some of that life debt you owe me.