It was not possible that she was unaware... was it? Especially with that book right there. "Stories such as Lord of the Forest," he said, with just a hint of mockery in his voice at the name of the title. He was trying not to be frustrated, truly he was; but when she had been putting him off for so long back home, only to be reading of exploits between them that he could only have imagined... it was not easy. "And apparently, I was found not guilty of being a terrorist in a school's history class. Funny, that, considering Vaizey used that very word for me."
Perhaps it was just as well that she had not read up on their story. If the legends were correct, that would be a most unpleasant discovery for her.
For that matter, he wondered if he should read them; if they were history, his own demise was likely recorded. He was not sure he wanted to know about that.