"You can threaten me all you like later, but not now," he says with a cold stare of his own in return, not at all intimidated by that promise of hers, and wanting to cut this exchange short before it gets heated. Even if they're standing some distance away, he doesn't want the children to overhear anything, or get the impression that they're arguing. This day is for them, after all, not her or any of the Aions.

"If we're at an understanding, that's all I wanted to say. You can continue."

He'll stand back and watch a short distance away... just in case.