D'you know how long it takes to build a weapon that can level something as big as the manor? I used to work with nukes on a daily basis. I don't give a fuck how magical you are, you don't just snap your fingers and take something out like that.

[ Or else it probably would have happened long ago. So as far as he's concerned, the timing was irrelevant. It was going to be fired anyway — they just happened to strike first.

... She's lost him on the second part, though. There's a momentary pause from Amos, like he's stumbling over himself, before he recollects. ]

If it won't be about what makes sense, then they're already lost.

[ Meridian was always stupid, anyway. ]