"You'd probably have lost disgracefully here," Carnea says to Zedil, wrapping one arm around his neck while painfully rubbing her knuckles across his bald head with the other. "Out of the five blockheads, only Kablook is good for anything."
"My lady, that's not entirely true... Each of us has our own specialty and..."
"And who got swallowed eight times at the tournament?"
"I did, my lady..."
"That's what I thought."