"I'm the one person in this room who doesn't hurt him," Koumyou says just as plainly, "And no one here will ever again."

The outsider -- (she seems to think he'll be offended by that, but he's amused, she has not idea how outside he is) -- unfolds his arms.

All he does is pull a pair of cigarettes from his... gaudy arm band? In a flash of golden light?

He lights one with a fingertip, then holds it far back behind himself in offer.

"Say the word, and I'll shut her up," Koumyou says to the man behind him again, still not taking his eyes off Valdana. Still smiling that peaceful smile. "And I won't hurt the guards. They'll just have a little nap in a cute little nap pile, it'll be adorable."