Scanlan had his mouth open to respond - it would be silly to give him Mythcarver and the earring, sure, he could have, but why did he need two, was it a fashion statement? But all that was replaced by seering pain as the bullet went into his knee and he shouted out in extraordinary pain. The Gnome fell forward from the useless knee and the lute went THUD against his head with the telltale sound of a string or two snapping.

Scanlan forgot how much being shot sucked and he gasped in another inaudible sound that maybe was something like 'what the hell?!' but the words didn't actually manifest. It took him several deep breaths to manage words. "What was that for?!"