Oh, a fair few. It was a ship full of Venatori, y'know. Couldn't avoid them. But I heeded your advice and kept well clear of them as often as I could. Cut at least one in half, just as I'd said I would.

[So lightly he might not mean it at all, or else it's already become a part of his stories.]

I couldn't be called a coward, after all. Hiding from mages.