"[i]Him[/i]," the trio said together, to emphasize their point.

Which of course went ignored as Finklestein started to explain his logic. Jack remained forcibly calm as the doctor explained. The trio sensed his growing fury and watched him with wary intrigue. They grinned, but stayed back as Jack barely kept his restraint.

"...What body a monster has, has [i]nothing[/i] to do with their intelligence," Jack said, the moment he could get a word in.

He gestured toward the trio to emphasize his point.

"No one in town is going to argue which of the three is the most brilliant."

"Shock," Lock and Barrel said together.

Shock smirked with pride.

"Sally's outsmarted you on several occasions," Jack continued. "And your [i]very wife[/i] shares [i]half[/i] of, shall we say, your masculine brain. That [i]alone[/i] should prove it's not the vessel, it's the monster!"

Jack ignored the doctor's smile. His glare deepened at the insinuation that Finklestein was the smartest person in the room. Lock and Barrel looked at each other, mentally confirmed something, nodded, and let go of their sister. Shock pulled her arms away from her brothers the second she was free and stormed towards Finklestein - only for Jewel to beat her to the punch.

Literally.

Her own anger was forgotten temporarily as she watched Finklestein's favorite creation pick him up and throw him into the ramp. All three of the tricksters nearly doubled over with laughter. Shock got a hold of herself first, then stepped up beside Jewel.

"Bet [i]that[/i] felt great."

Jack quickly stepped in to keep the situation from escalating further. He allowed the doctor a chance to recover before he moved to assist the old man back in his wheelchair.

"I think it's high time we get Carver out of that body," he said.