[Allison snorts derisively, a bitter and angry sound as she finishes rolling up the cuffs of her trousers and lets her feet slide into the water, anger melting into contentment with a happy sigh.]

Because I am a thief and a killer...a defender of the poor and a lover of beasts. [Mixed with the anger in her face, there's a measure of sadness, too.] Because I answer to no law but my own...because I believe there is more to family than the blood you share, and more to love than how much coin a man can put in the hands of his bride's family or how many dresses he can put on her back. That is why people want to hurt hme.