"You need not do that to defend me," he murmured to her laying his hand gently over hers and concentrating on her he was getting dizzy again but fighting it.  "Will you help me stand?" he asked her "I hate to ask you but I don;t trust him to do so without gutting me.." he gave her a slight smile trying to lighten the mood.  He knew that Alyxander would be coming after him with a vengeance now wanting to prove he was worth less than shit on the bottom of a boot "The information you will need is in my pants pocket...I must reach it..."