She snorts.  "Don't give him so much credit, King.  It's not like he can really swing that thing around.  Probably just there to compensate, you know?"  Without missing a beat, Saffron catches the two men holding her by their sleeves and shoves them roughly away.  She didn't get to be the best digger in the village by<em>not</em>being much stronger than she looks.<br/><br/>"Listen, you fat old bastard.  You don't fucking own me, and the gods know you've gotten more than your camels' worth from me.  You can let us go and get out of our way, or maybe you're man enough to fight a girl one-third your size<em>without</em>your cronies, but what you sure as fuck can't do is make us keep doing your dirty work.  What's it gonna be?"