Prompts: 'too good to be true' and 'high octane'.
Decent
"If them Bags're stupid enough to keep their loot in their houses, with no one watchin' it, they're just beggin' to be robbed," said the boy, as if Tris were an idiot.
"Those 'Bags' you're stealing from are respectable, decent families," snapped Tris, crimson-faced.
Briar spat on the ground. "Like your folks, merchant girl, who left you here 'cause they were scared of your magic? Them as have fine feathers and their nebs in the air ain't always so pretty when you get up close."
Decent (II) - Warning for implied torture
"You – you common thief – insulting my family!" shouted the redhead. Briar eyed her fingers, which played with a growing ball of lightning: he'd been shocked by the Thief Lord before, when he'd come back empty-handed from a raid, and he didn't care to repeat the experience.
"I don't blame 'em for leaving you; I'd be scared witless, if I was near you in a temper. That stuff could kill someone one day," he said coldly.
Her hands dropped abruptly into her lap, and Briar was glad to see shame in her grey eyes.