Kubrat sprang into action, running on the tables and the backs of unocupied chairs to pull the red-haired woman from the blade.<br/>Well, a pickpocket was never good news! But this one had red hair, and nice tits. That can make up for a lot in a man's heart...and loins. And it definitely means one like her shouldn't be just summarily killed, as it had happened.<br/><br/>Only a stupid man, Kubrat decided, wouldn't have used having captured a sexy little piece of tail like her to his advantage.<br/>And while stupidity wasn't a mortal sin in  the myths of Belet-Lil, it did sometimes lead those suffering from it to suffer a beating or two... according to those same myths.<br/>Myths that Kubrat had been told instead of fairy tales.<br/><br/>So it happened that he was next to her in split seconds, while the girl was still writhing on the end of the blade. But Kubrat knew that most such wounds can be healed with judicious application of his talents...<br/><br/>"Back off", he threw at the man while lowering the girl to the nearest table. "I want to examine her wound!"<br/>His voice suggested that the Slayer wouldn't suffer any contradicting.