Landing like a bird with a broken wing and realising what had just transpired, he did the only thing that made sense.
He laughed like a maniac.
Nah. Talon’s as cold-blooded as they come.
He’s not unfriendly. It’s just that everyone in any room he’s in knows that he could kill them all without breaking a sweat.
So he doesn’t relax, exactly, so much as merely play it cool.
He can’t be provoked into rash action. But he can be provoked.