"NO I would NOT have had you shove me under the bed!!" [Well there's that olive branch thoroughly burnt to a crisp. He just wanted to know if there were any other details he might have missed but OKAY if Black Hat wants to get into it! Flug braces against the table to approach the demon, staggering to his several wobbly feet.]

"How do you know that? It shouldn't have happened here!"

[And therein lies the first real sliver of fear in all of this confusion. What if this is what will always go down? One memory wipe was all it took. Is Flug always doomed to fail at this? Will the company forever fall into ruin because Flug won't be able to prevent Black Hat from killing his most brilliant scientist?! okay maybe that's the ego talking.]

"For your information, I AM surprised I'm intact. I AM grateful you watched over me. But you're also you. D-don't think I didn't notice you trying to c-cover your tracks! You can't blame me for asking for specifics, whe--O-ohhhsuddenlylightheaded."

[Scientist going down in three, two..!]