Alastair backed away from the door, at that. "Shit, he's serious..."

He turned sharply away from Kiryu and crossed the room, putting distance between them before crouching down to see where the cat went. But Aome hissed when he tried to coax her out from under the bed, so he gave up and sat back on his heels. It was useless, in his view, to try to explain to Saitou that this wouldn't work, that it wasn't ridiculous, that they couldn't just settle it, so he decided on silence for now.