He shrugs.

'I fight.'

That's all there is to it.

And maybe, if she's watching close, she'll see his eyes soften just a little when he follows up with;

'It's the best place in the world. Better even than here.'

He waxed on to Sam, not long after his arrival, about why he loves it so. But he doesn't think he could explain it like that to a girl. She'd probably get it though. She seems to feel much the same way about this place. Or Green Lake, anyway.

'You probably won' get it, 'cos you're not from there. But I'll show you around anyway.'