He side stepped the kick in classic McCallum moves.

"Nat gave you this knife for your sixteenth birthday. It's pair and he threatened to dump you in the castle's trash heap if you lost them since he had them specially made for you by Ian McDurmat of Farfells in Wales. They showed up a week late because Ian got laid up by some flu before he could finish them." He raised his eyebrows up. "He got them for you just in case you had to go into fairy again to rescue him or anyone else - they've got no iron in them but they're mage cast. Maeve tried stealing them so she could figure out how they were made."

A long pause.

"Should I go on?"