The thing was that David had been well aware of the attention his presence had been garnering, and he had been defending himself in a subtle way. Of course Peter, having to be a hero and gentleman, comes over and holds out the pouch of money and David smiled as he took it back.

"Thank you. A bait pouch is best when you don't actually lose it," he told the other, taking the soft bag filled with light pebbles and putting it back into his pocket. His real pouch of money had been secured up his sleeve after all.

"You do this a lot? Save people from thieves?"