... riight. Because, of course, everyone knows more about the Metaverse than he does. Even now, he's shut out from what should be his own domain. "I'm sure you have," he says, ominously normal, ominously calm, and obviously a hair from snapping for those few seconds.

"What's your plan, then? To die in that gutter?" His lip curls, and he offers a calculated insult. "That does seem about your speed, now I think of it."