Falls of the Hinterlands I could fight this 'til the end but maybe I don't wanna win

Loyalty, even. Careful, you might even give someone the impression you’re honest. Fennec gave a small skeptical noise, but it rang with amusement rather than annoyance. Me, though - I didn’t need to see any fortune to see through that.

Despite being skeptical of his help, she felt more at ease around him than she had most of the men of Mereo. He was undoubtedly a two-timing scoundrel but at least he didn’t pretend not to be. What she heard was what she got with this one. In a way they were kindred spirits, and if Fennec didn’t have a family she actually cared to stick with now, she might have been tempted to follow him wherever he and this friend intended to go. A few years ago, but certainly not now. He intrigued her, but not enough to throw Killer to the wayside.

You ever find anything it was cut out for? She challenged, curious. Her guess was no, especially if he was anything like her, but maybe he’d found some secret that had eluded her so far.