Emrys thought he was going to have to explain his comment when she first responded, but her addition about Mrs. Finch's gaze made it seem she'd understood him after all.

"There are many kinds of violence," he said sagely. He was not typically one to be doling out advice or philosophical maxims, but only because he wasn't typically invested enough to offer an opinion. He certainly had opinions, and a wealth of experience (though he supposed compared to this young woman anyone might be considered to have a wealth of experience). "Though Mrs. Finch's gaze could only slay someone who didn't mind being killed by it."