Larksong Grotto il en était fier, mais pourquoi vous riez ?

He wished Faun could see him now! At the thought of her he softened, and turned his thoughts briefly away from the red woman. He wouldn't have to see her again. When all this was done, Kelsier would go home and tell Faun all about his wild adventure and how he'd actually saved someone's life, and she would smile and speak in her soft way, and she would not make him feel so small and useless with nothing but the cut of green eyes and sharp demands.
Kel, He said, and left it at that. His interest was in the dying man. At best he was intimidated by the woman and her changed scent, the perceived threat of it and her arrogance. So he looked away from her and focused on their patient, not coldly but pointedly. Some secret spiteful part of him hoped that it stung her to know he did not want her, even with the scent of her harassing his senses.