Indeed, his good side came with many a prohibition that Rose coincidentally possessed, including but not limited to: redhead, assumed harlot, cabbage thrower, sister-annoyance (of the bad sort, not the good sort), fisher family, and the last name, 'Ward'.

There was that time she clubbed his worst brother - but then she called Zechariah a grumpy goat! The nerve.

Zechariah looked from his pre-printed bill form (God, did his client spell it with an 'a' or an 'e'? Did he truly have to go through the filing cabinet again?) to Rose with an unamused look.

"Yes?" he deadpanned.