“We were unprepared for the … um … distraction,” one of the men says. “Am I to understand you failed to protect me because you weren’t paying the lady the respect she deserves?” “You can hardly blame us, sire. She was naked.” Kallias steps forward, draws his sword, and puts it through the one who spoke. The man looks down at the rapier stuck in his gut, eyes wide. He falls as Kallias draws his sword back out.
