Darin huffs in mild annoyance but takes the fish, reaches into his belt, procures his pocket knife and gets to work as Lina continues to self-aggrandize.

But then he sees another opportunity to provoke her, because if there's one thing he can't stand, it's a haughty attitude. And boy does this girl need to be brought down a peg or twenty.

"I don't know about the others but my bounty back home was for ten thousand gold."

Which, admittedly, is true! He was framed for the murder of a royal ambassador, after all.