He enjoyed this little game of back and forth, but he looked back over to the noble. They were often impatient so he supposed he did this to annoy them. To show them that even if they had all of the gold and land in the world that someone as low as him could still make them uncomfortable. In either case this was a welcome distraction. It was dangerous to upset them, but defending an unknown person was more so.

"If you mean the one over there, well I would disagree, but I haven't seen any other contestants. I don't suppose you have heard that phrase 'it takes a castle to raise a king, but it takes a pack to raise a rat'?"

He chose not to smile, but did look the bodyguard directly in the eye when he said it. He hoped she would not take such a joke personally, but few nobles had any camaraderie for the others.