Tick stumbled back from the poke to the gut, it had happened before and he wasn't angry about it but it did startle him a bit. The question about love however made him stop from laughing.
"I haven't, well not really, I thought I was in love once, but it was a childish case of puppy love. I've seen it though in many, my favorite pair being and old blacksmith and his wife, after sixty years together they still have this spark to their eyes, its amazing really."