[ there are a lot of things that make for terrible conditions for pickpocketing. light. heavy armor. attentive targets. but nothing is better at ruining a perfect thieving opportunity than serra. he's quick to get himself away when his target starts at the sound. ]

Do you have to be so loud? [ that's a dumb question because it's serra and matthew knows the answer to that by now, but he keeps hoping... ] Why are you looking to me? I'm just a thief, no proper knight. I could get clobbered here any second!

[ not really, because he could run circles around anybody drunk, but not the point... ]