Somehow, he doesn't pull out his Evoker then and there; instead, he forces himself to smile, the way he did so often as he played Shido's nodding dog.

"I suppose I had that coming. Still, you know it's not true. Shido would have had you taken out and shot by now." He drops the smile, looking a lot more like his father all at once. "Do you know how often I tried to get Crow to agree you were a piece of shit?"