He prefers to think of it as pragmatism, thank you very much. He simply raises an eyebrow right back--he knows she's trying to get a rise out of him. She wants to make him angry and thoughtless.

Would he be good at torture? Oh, probably. He was good at many things he put his mind to. But that wasn't about to be one of them.

"I know what you're trying to do. It's not going to work," he says, voice cool. She wants power over him. Damned if he's going to give it to her--give her any advantage.