Noah stared at the scars wide-eyed. "Bloody hell. How did you manage to fight it off?"

The boy liked to imagine that he was as brave as that and would be the absolute hero if ever he would go on an adventure, but considering the fact that he hadn't had the balls to actually try stabbing this guy - or to face the fishermen, or Alice, or to leave the town and start his own life... it was more likely that he was an absolute coward.