"I'm out Cat, Rook and Swallow." Eskel says. "If you've got the components to spare." Hmmm. Dried fish and eggs it is, with cheese. He tries not to think about the real food they could have had last night, as his shoulder twinges.

"Oh, I got my ass kicked? Which one of us wound up on the floor twice?" He says, with one of his barking laughs.