"Yes," DG confirmed, giving him a somewhat bemused look. "He's teaching me to play. I didn't realise it was a secret."

She had been delighted (and a little surprised, of course) by the gift. It hadn't occurred to her until it was too late that Kobra might not have bothered paying for it. Not that she blamed him for her brief spell in prison. Their world was very different to every other world she knew of.