"Oh yeah. She wanted to make sure I wasn't going to mess you about. You know. That I was a solid sort of guy, that I'd look out for you. the Phoenix is your wing-- ah, woman. Which is brilliant, really, because I bet she'd burn any fellow who didn't deserve you."
...he was really not helping, was he?
"You will honestly be fine. I don't think it wants to harm you."
Troy was still a little twitchy and uncomfortable. Alright. A lot twitchy. He held eye-contact, though.