"I have put on weight," he replied, and then added: "Mostly muscle, but I am not exactly climbing buildings just for the fun of it, these days."

He wasn't exactly a lean, lithe young man anymore, but a few extra pounds had done him well, even if they made him a bit thicker, a bit harder. That and he was working with injuries –– as well as he'd healed from the stab wound and the bullet wound, it wasn't as good as new.