There was a noticeable tension in the girl and she finished undoing the knot, working on a sling next, the kind to use in a trap for catching a meal or tripping up an opponent.

"We've had a few of those. To make things more interesting in each arena they put monsters or machines in to cause trouble. Like the spiders or the Giant Eel. One arena was almost destroyed by this giant robot dragon. And in another my friend and I had to run away from this robot fox thing."

They were her fingers began to fumble over themselves as she spoke in more detail it was clear she wasn't as cool and collected about the details as she was trying to put out. She had to undo the mess of a knot and try again.