Your fear of dogs, AR—what's kept you shut in your room for the past several days, and made you so nervous around PM. It is quite obvious.
[he gives AR a slightly frustrated look, then gestures with his knife as he continues:]
A petition would be ideal, but petitions take some time to fill. Besides, the Sovereign Slayer certainly would not have the patience for something so civilized as a petition.
But PM, dashing out to kill him while you are still in poor health is no better solution!