Chris chuckled and looked round to a mixture of disapproval and suppressed smiles. Which only made him smile more. 
Especially Garrett's disapproval. "So", he thought. "You're a chivalrous type eh? Thats nice, i was afraid it was a room of nothing more than mummas boys & girls, hothoused from birth to do nothing but kill things in a competition for biggest bastard of the year." 

Then he saw the fight flair up between the redhead and the South African?? He knew how quick things could get serious. [color=FF4500][b]"Steady on!!! "Hes only small!"[/b][/color] he said jokingly.

Then another one of the girls intervened. "That was well timed" he thought. What could he have done if she'd just cut him down?