If there's anything Reno is good at, it's making friends. Or frenemies, at least. Hard to tell, sometimes. If nothing else, Ondrej doesn't seem genuinely put out, and Reno is happier for leaving with more money than he came in with.

"If the others remember at all, I bet they'd back up the story. At least Otabek would, anyways. And Vaclav, though he's not much of a character witness," Reno chuckles, freeing his feet and setting his skates aside, wiggling tingling toes.

"You take me where you want me to skate, I'll skate. But you're gonna take some lessons from me. No arguments. If you don't do the training I set for you, I won't skate. I'll just lay there and make a spectacle and completely embarrass you. You know I will."