[ Normally, he’d be a little bothered by that explanation, logical though it is, but right now he can’t seem to find even a spark of indignity in him. He’ll be the first to admit that this partnership went south very fast, through no real fault of their own, but it still didn’t make for a great working relationship.

He lets out a soft noise, an exhalation of air through his nose. ]

If I really wanted to make you miserable, I know about a million other ways to do that than letting some cotton candy motherfuckers beat the shit out of you.