`` that has to be a knife of some kind . '' they need but a model to show them how , and what better model can i offer than a warrior-girl ? it was before my time , however . not that she needed to avoid being discovered . she did n't make a big thing of it . he never had a thing for boots ... until now . the curves of her bare skin , pressed at his side . `` it would have been a lot less painful . '' 