“You must have gone deaf using that weapon of yours! I said give me your weapon. Or are you a ‘live by the sword die by the sword’ type who trusts their tools over people?”

The woman put her ya d down and gave the boy a cheeky smile. She seemed to enjoy seeing his reactions.

“If you can’t trust me with your weapon, how can you expect me to trust you with my life? I don’t know about you, mister stranger, but where we come from we do t just assume goodness in other people’s hearts. Loyalty is tested when you have nothing left, not when you have everything you need.”