For a moment, Lyall actually considers taking the knife by force, tempted by the thought of actually winning an encounter for the first time in this awful place since those undead monstrocities. But in the end he decides avoiding the slight risk of injury without a ready source of fresh meat available for more efficient healing, and the more palpable risk of letting more people know how fast and strong he really is, is better than removing one knife from one thug. "Then run along," he tells the mugger, making a shooing motion with one hand. "Try a different district for your free dinner."

Of course, if the mugger pushes it, he won't have any choice... but it's smarter not to push it, himself.