He smiled softly, and then laughed at the mention of fearing her. "Oh Verdelet. I am in much better shape than you, if only cause I have enough bits left to still hurt. Or I had better, considering how much I hurt.<br/><br/>But I never feared you. A bit of respect, a lot of exasperation, and some pity and contempt, but rarely active fear. Though at that party you certainly gave me a lurch, seeing you walk in.<br/><br/>And I might not even get that 'pleasure.' I know about the lab I made our serum at, Verdelet. I know I died working on the cure there. Heart attack, sadly, of all the things I survived, I was eventually killed by time and my own traitorous body."<br/><br/>He gave her a bright smile, before continuing. "But don't worry, I have to deal with Barid first, I suspect he is sitting on the entrance to it, and us carefully NOT destroying everything might give you enough of a head start. And that would make this a truly interesting fight, a full three way melee-a-trios. But you didn't appear to listen to me. What can I do for you?"