"Oh, all right then," he huffed, as if it were a real struggle. "I'll try my very best not to murder your best friend. I'm pretty sure she could easily fucking destroy me, anyhow," he admitted. Hell, he'd trained with her. He had an ego, but he wasn't completely delusional considering some of the non-humans on the island. He was much more breakable than was back home.
Her reaction was brilliant, and he did laugh with her. "Damn, now I've gone and given you terrible ideas!" he chuckled.
"No, no. For once, it's nothing filthy," he insisted.