"Why should I not? It is how he views me, after all. He made that quite clear." It was difficult, keeping the hostility out of his voice. He knew it wasn't Kane's fault, that he was merely the man in the middle, but it still didn't change anything.
"I certainly have no intention of another confrontation, so you have nothing to fear." Vlad sighed, finishing his coffee and absently tapping his fingers against the side of the mug. "I regret that our first encounter ended the way it did."