[She caught that. And she's going to be polite and not comment on it. Part of that, of course, is a result of not wanting to think about what Emi meant.]

I haven't given up hope that we can solve this without excessive bloodshed. But I'm not going to sit back and let them take my home, either. We'll take the fight to them, and if they want to surrender somewhere down the line, that's their option, and we'll dictate our terms then.

Until then, nothing's going to get past me. Not if I have anything to say about it.