"He is. Taught me a lotta what I know." For hand-to-hand, anyway; Ronnie and Mr. Martillo taught Firo most of his knife fighting. "He's a lot sharper than you'd think, too." Firo learned that the hard way.

He nods and adjusts his distance. After a moment, feeling the urge to move forward once again, he laughs and shakes his head. "...Feels weird bein' so far away."