No no. It's like aikido, you just gotta redirect it. Okay, here goes, ready?

You're such an asshole.

[ SIGH ]

Okay, well, wait—

[ Harnessing. ]

You wouldn't be in the position you are if that was all there is. I don't a hundred percent get why you feel the absolutely unhinged need to stir every pot in front of you when you could just be, like, likeable, because I've seen you do that too, but whatever, I know as much about diplomacy as you know about quantum physics.

I think you care a lot, 'cause I remember the look on your face when the other two went missing, and you'd probably have said yes to friendship if I hadn't been asking the question. But it was bigger than that. You saw the exact amount of shitshow we'd be if this place broke down, and it scared the hell out of you. That means something too.

Also I'm rooting for you in this slapfight you got going on with Loki, even if you're already double married.