"..."

---What in the world is this? Who is this person? Why are they feeling the need to be so obstructive? This entire situation is utterly inscrutable to me. I wasn't briefed on this 'Artoe' individual, but it appears some of the early members of the Kirins are plenty familiar with him. The other man is someone I can at least pick up more information about simply by context, and the mention of his name. Sagramore-san's response to him only further put flesh upon the skeleton of my initial assessment of him based upon his words and actions.

That doesn't make this scenario any less irritating, however.

Our duty lies ahead. We can't just wast time dealing with whatever it is that's happening here. We need an efficient and clean path forward, not whatever this is.

I don't fully understand the words that were being spoken by 'Artoe', but they hardly sound particularly pleasant, either. Not that I'm fond of Demet-san's personality, to be entirely honest, but the situation seems to have stemmed entirely from 'Artoe's' actions in the first place.

If not for that, we would quite possibly have made our way forward already.

I should not allow emotions into my actions, but I can feel my eyes narrowing, centered on the belligerent man and the people accompanying him.

Removing the source of the problem is often the quickest and most simple path forward.

I step back, repositioning myself to be closer to Mathiassen-san. 'Artoe' is from his homeland, after all, so I assume he will have better knowledge of the situation.

When I speak, it's softly, and quietly.

"Would subduing 'Artoe' end this situation more quickly?"