He knows that glint in her eyes. Rat's seen in in the mirror, in Dogkeeper, even in Shion. Gracefully, he slides his arm out of her grip and fixes her with an actress' smile.

He's withstood fire, bullets, torture, and death. Her filial threats don't scare him.

"I have no intention of being killed," he assures her, voice cold against his pleasant expression. "Or of doing anything to Grey he doesn't want."