[He smiles, though it changes somewhat. From admiring suffering to admitting to that, the slightest shift in demeanor.] You're lucky for two things; that I'm in a better mood than earlier and that yes, Kitty's the only reason you'll be leaving this barrier alive.
That said, the Tease can live a long life inside a person without doing a speck of harm. They do live inside me as it is, you know? [He taps his chest, just to give Reid the tiniest reason to hold on to the heeby-jeebies he might have about Tease in his body, albeit untrue.] And as long as you're alive when this barrier falls, all's well.
[He can do plenty of evil things and still have that happen. Like how he brushes forward, close, too close, tilting Reid's chin intimately upward with his hand.] How against taking our time are you?