"I might hold you to that. Never know what'll come up."

It sounded like a bit of a dismissal, so he unfolded himself from the chair and leaned on the table to offer a few parting shots.

"It's a lot, I know, but it's an important sort of a lot. Watch your back out there and if you manage to get your hands on a shard, I don't know if I even want to know about it."