Bahir turns back to Verona. "Do you really think I would allow a single one of my children to come to any harm whatsoever?" he asks her, all the usual playfulness gone from his voice. "These kids mean as much to me as you do. The only reason I was fighting at all was because the moron engaged me in battle while Buster was right there next to Shawn and Bella. If I hadn't stepped in... Well, you can see Bella's wounds," he finishes.