[Here's the thing: Sonya's a big sister to two kid brothers. Mehrdad is a bit more rough-and-tumble, but Omaid is timid and sweet and unassuming, and in the past few years especially, since she graduated from law school and got a bit more confidence and independence and became more outspoken, she's become pretty frank with him. To get him to buck up. So she speaks to this kid, the boy-emperor, like she would to her own little brother if that was her brother who just got his ass kicked - ]

What the hell are you apologizing for? Get to safety and remember their faces and their voices so I can take their asses down later.