"I suppose he is decent," Steiner said at last, though he spoke as if it was painful to admit, "Sir Marcus is not so bad. Unlike that wretched monkey, Zidane."

"Oh hush, he wasn't that bad either. He helped us a lot, didn't he?"

Steiner scrunched his nose in distaste, "While that may be true, he was also extremely disrespectful with you, Princess. I do not know who he thinks he is fooling with that so-called 'roguish charm'. He is uncivilised and disgusting. Appalling."

Dagger smiled a little. Of course, she didn't quite agree, but there was no stopping Steiner from disliking Zidane, "But Marcus isn't like that, yes?"

"Not at all! He is still a fiend and a criminal, but he is fairly dignified. He has wisdom. I prefer his company to Zidane's, without question."

It was so amusing. Dagger was watching Steiner with great interest. Steiner eventually noticed her staring, and paused his sword polishing in confusion, "Princess? Is something the matter?"

"I have never heard you defend a thief like that before. This is new."

"I am not defending Marcus, nor am I justifying his past actions. But he is alright, in my opinion. He's not as bad as any other criminal I've met."

Dagger's tone had wonder in it, "You like him."

Steiner seemed to ponder that, before nodding, "I suppose I do. Don't you?"

The princess took a while to mull the question over, as well, and smiled, "I do. That's a good thing. Right?"

"Perhaps. Though of course, the moment he does something unacceptable, I will be forced to kill him. Be assured that I will never trust a fiend again."

"Oh, theatrics!" Dagger shook her head, waving a hand in dismissal, "We have survived so far with him, haven't we?"

"We have."

There was a rustling noise, and an outline of what seemed to be a hand pressed in from outside the tent, catching their attention, "Hey. Let me in."

Dagger reached over to unzip the tent from inside, and Marcus' head appeared through the now open entrance, "Alright, shift change. Steiner, you're up."

"Aye, aye."

The Tantalus member paused for a moment, watching them, before tilting his head, "Were you two talking about me?"

Dagger grinned, not even a little apologetic, "Yep!"