. . . Though I won't let there be any unnecessary casualties, my feelings are the same.

[ with a hard furrow of his brows, a frown that borders - not murder, per se, but duty. they're both the same thing.

and then, it fades. wears off, if nothing else because there are other people around ]

. . . But, as I said, that would be the worst case scenario. In the face of that, I would gladly take disappearance.