Moonspear you win or you die

"Torture? Bit extreme don't you think?" His head had snapped out of the way of her jesting grab, but it did not tear the toothy smile from him. Though he knew well the company of the children were far from torture.. but their teeth, perhaps only a bit. As if they lacked enrichment or attention any, they were certainly a biting sort when they desired to be. All children were.

"I should have known that was what you would use them for, pure instruments of torment and terror, undoing all the work I've done not to make it so," he went on, chiding her gently. But the tone went darker and a listening ear may have feared him serious: "Why you'd probably want him to take them up the mountain to see how long it was until he snaps. Sound like your nefarious plan any?"