With the winner more than conclusively realised, a short cheer emerged from the crowd and Kaleeth's combatant limped back to his friends with welts and bruises already bulging from his beaten body. Janius took the moment of moving and shaking between then and the next fight to shoulder his way through to Kaleeth.

"You sometimes make me wonder why you need to wear armour at all, my dear," Janius said with a smile. He mostly spoke to get her attention as he approached. "I don't want to cut your fun short, but you've been down here a while. Julan and I are all packed and ready."