He gave her a flat look, before nodding to them. "Hence why I am going to sit down, and wait in clear view. But if I get the feeling they are going to attack anyway, that means they are also likely to attack YOU since you are clearly with me, arguing with me, and not fleeing for the hills like the rest of the locals. Hence the reason I am going to jump. But if you would like, I can let them waste everything they have on me, and you, if you would like."<br/><br/>He turned and headed to the nearby eatery, and leaned against the fence, leaving his hands in clear view, and closing his eyes and bowing his head, like he had dozed off. He didn't bother to point out that the leakage was likely due to his improvements at combat, or the fact that the power ratio had shifted when he had absorbed the blackguard's taint, meaning the little progress toward containing the taint completely had been wiped out as the new bit had joined the older one, making it swell in size.