[ The punch surprises him, but earns her an appreciative nod after.]

There's got to be something we can do that isn't killing each other. Even if we have to make our own exit from this place. [ Maybe that was the source of it too, because he spent the past week in a funk with the loss of Christo, who usually directed him in some way. But he wasn't content at all in just waiting for the Wordsmith to finally show his face.]