You take insult where none is intended, but if you will find insult where none is meant, then perhaps I should try harder to insult on purpose.

Besides I'm a sucker for a pair of pretty eyes.

If I let you get killed, the other body guards will make fun of me.

All men love to talk about themselves, even the ones who are completely buggers.

Magic, if that was the right word, often rises and falls on your own belief in your abilities. I've seen very powerful people completely crippled by self-doubt.

I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes.

Death cures all ills. Well, most of them.