One more crack accompanied by Thunder, and while it had been calculated to miss, it was enough. No easy-targets here, as the pack beat a full retreat. Nor was Vincent inclined to chase or finish them off at the moment.

"Only if they don't learn to dodge it." Mars huh? Must be where the other man was from. Vincent had been stabbed a few times. It was over-rated. But so much of what he'd been through, and getting stabbed was one of the more minor hazards...

There might have been a hint of wry amusement in his tone when he'd responded to the other's question.