on wolves and witches and gold;

[mite]

Two out of three are bad news, lady, you've got bad numbers for me here. I like gold, not like the other stuff. I'm just a girl who's trying to make her way through the world — I can't do that if you put all the creepy crawly horrors on the same road as me! You can't sell anything with a rep like that, lady, no.

Look, I'm rooting for Red like every other person out there but I'm not gonna be her knight in shining armor. I hate armor, that stuff weighs you down. She needs anything fenced or traded over the border then I'm her girl, but I'm not doing any fighting for anyone. I love her, but I don't care about the war as much as you seem to think I do.

Sorry.

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[lured]

[ With a contemplative sort of hum, he shifts his weight from foot to foot — this time around, his smile is close-lipped. ]

Big Bad, Mr. Wolf, any variation on the old name. Whatever tickles your fancy, Miss Alyse. And I can't say outskirts means anything to me, but it's a big ol' world out there.