“Have you heard about the fire at the circus?” I paused for dramatic effect. “It was in tents. Get it? In tents.” Carrion winced. “That was terrible.” “Shut up. It asked for a joke. It didn’t specify that it had to be a good one. I was a metalworker and a thief in Zilvaren, not a comedian.” “I was a smuggler and I’ve still got way better jokes than that.”

