Cormac didn't look away from the man holding his collar as Lavender spoke. He didn't want to take his eyes off the man who was clearly taking this joke too far. He was acting insane! With one final look over Cormac, the man let him go finally. Cormac's eyes darted to Lavender immediately as if checking to make sure she was okay still. The man hadn't touched her, but his protectiveness didn't care about details. Assured that Lavender was fine, he stared at her for a moment, waiting for her to declare the joke was over.
When she didn't, he turned and walked into the back behind the insane man who took a jokes far too seriously.