Crap, not good. "Upping the stakes I see," I say, cold determination taking over as he reaches for his Shodouphone. Sentimentality is all well and good but not at the expense of survival. "Fine, if that's how you want it. I can play by those rules."

I dig my own Shodouphone out of my pocket and flip it open. He escalated this, he can take the consequences.