It may in fact end very soon; it's difficult to be riled, exactly, by what is if anything a decrease in hostility (he knows better than to get his hopes up over a slight softening of demeanor, and yet–), but the longer they stand here, the more uncomfortably exposed he feels.

He is a grown man, however, and he refuses to be skittish of all things. After a beat, he nods once, as if accepting that they've found one small point of agreement.

"I assume I don't have to tell you, if you hurt her – or the boys – in any way, you may find yourself on a thousand-mile-per-hour run without an oxygen mask." ...Just, y'know, so they're clear on the ground rules here.