[Okay, yes he did, but that isn't the point.]

Normally, we wouldn't have done that. But her level of malevolence was... alarming. We genuinely thought people were in danger.

[His brows furrow, giving Allen a pointed look.]

You recall when we were walking the other day and you reacted badly to the presence of my ship's captain? It was like that.

[Gut-wrenching, about-to-fall-over sort of malevolence just can't be ignored.]