I need you to beat me stronger before Hope tortures me, so I don't mind it as much.

[ His logic was that if he were to be hit with sticks enough, eventually a physical immunity would be gained. It's how fighters got to be good at fighting, wasn't it? Hell, Malkus can't really get poisoned after eating nothing but plagued foods. So there ought to be some trick or secret there.

He'd never thought to just... lift for his gains. ]

I can pay with rose hips and a food tin I've sharpened against a brick wall to a fine edge.