They have left it in a state of imbalance, whether it is perturbed or unsettled or startled or some other variant. Feline body language is altogether somewhat beyond him, but its reaction is stark and unmistakeable. Asadi is, perhaps, equally unnerved, but she has aligned herself along his axis of ill-advised human brinksmanship versus that of a spatiotemporal aberration of a frankly indiscernible nature.

Rush lifts his chin, his expression one of unfettered scorn.

"I'd advise against it," he says in a tone that suggests that what he is saying is perfectly reasonable.