Hah, you aren't the first to say that.

[ he looks mildly bashful, actually. ]

I won't claim I'm feeling settled and assured of my safety, of course, but I believe that is simply ... how I deal with things. I doubt giving into the baser impulse to act snappishly will aide anything.

Besides, the last time I was kidnapped, I was given an illithid tadpole directly into my eyesocket, so really this is a great improvement over that so far.