"I've found that your kind are just as happy to start it if they think it'll give them the upper hand." He turned, just a little, no longer facing her directly, to take his back away from the threat rounding the corner. "Despite my assurances that I'm not a threat."
He looked between them, then tot he open street in front of him and to the door behind him. "If I go back inside and go back to work, what are the chances you'll leave me alone to do it?"