[ It’s probably for the best that he can’t hear brackets because girl, he will fight you on this— ]

I will take as much time as is necessary, thank you very much. [ Said with all the dignity he can muster. Normally he’d be a lot more polite about this whole thing, since he’s the intruder here and all, but he’s mad and she’s mad and everything is absolute bonkers right now. ]

Tea requires an extremely delicate approach. Catching one, more so.