You were going to fire at one country and I was waiting for the entire world to go up in flames, yes.

[ He's still openly amused by ZAFT's propensity for superlasers, and even a touch self-satisfied about pivoting back to the divergence in their ultimate goals. But the self-satisfaction comes from making an argumentative pivot cleanly, not about giant-laser-related-death. He unfolds his hand again, placing it palm up once more. ]

Will you still insist that we were not working at cross-purposes, in keeping me alive?