[Clenches a fist and jaw but keeps his face extremely smooth. His tone is completely monotone and deadpan, the same way he'd be talking about rain, but a little more so than usual.]

If you are going to make such a request as that, I'm going to need it to be a lot more direct.

And in any event, if you get hurt, do you really think I will be able to hold back Ace's rage?