" Always been lean.” “Oh, me too.” And he patted his belly. “The body of a hero lies just below this carefully nurtured layer of fat.” She raised a brow. Clover loved to see things done well, and she’d a hell of a brow-raise, did Wonderful. “And what could possibly drag your fat this close to the fighting?” “Black Calder. He tells me you need help.” “That I’ll not deny. When does it get here? "
― Joe Abercrombie , A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)