Sweeney grins and gives Martin a wink. "Sure is, lad. You stick around for long enough, you'll see it for yourself. I don't spill things, I don't trip, I'm more likely than most to find money lyin' on the ground. People spend a bit of time around me and it's the same, unless they piss me off. Leave me a gift, you'll find yourself with a bit of extra luck following you around for awhile. But I've warned others and I'll warn you, don't start somethin' if you can't follow through."

His grin grows and he says, "You'll not like the way luck can turn bad."

He could just give the two of them a bit of bad luck for the hell of it. It wouldn't amount to much, certainly wouldn't see them on a ship, condemned the transportation the way it had with Essie, but if John trips down the stairs on his way out, Sweeney doesn't think it'd be such a terrible thing. Be better still if Martin tripped right after him.