[JimRed]

That they are rational and will not precipitate their own certain destruction.

Failing to obey the strike order would get them killed just as dead!

[Mariner]

“Failing to obey the strike order would get them killed just as dead! “

The suggestion is that fathead is the one who will refrain.

When on encounters a bully there is always a risk, but you lessen that risk considerably if you punch them. Hard.

Right in the nose.