"The boy can pay you himself when he awakens. You'll not get a penny from me." The man grunts irritably, though Trista doesn't get the sense that he has anything against her personally, he's just a grouch.
"It's a long and boring story," the man sighs, "but to shorten it, Selwyn is in love with a girl. The girl returns his feelings, but her father took a loan from Whoreson, and she's inherited the debt."
He rolls his eyes, looking at Selwyn. "The boy here decided to collect all his money, and pay off the debt. Unfortunately for him, Whoreson isn't interested in the money, he just wants Selwyn's paramour to be his whore, so he sent men to kill the boy before he could pay up and free the girl." He grunts. "That's the situation summed up."