"I should, yes." he gave a nod. "I can see about exposing my idea for village defenses of a permanent nature too." he gave a hiss and glared down. "This thing itches, it's annoying." in fact he had to use all his willpower to not scratch at the wound.

Since he couldn't scratch, he settled for aggressively chewing his fish. "If the elders are going to praise me as a hero, they should do something more productive with their time." praise and fame? No, they were nothing he was after.