Phibrizzo allowed the princess to finish her rant before cutting in. "My plans are doomed to fail? Who is going to stop me? You?" Amelia was free to try and stop his plans, whatever she imagined they were, but she didn't know what exactly he was up to because she didn't know exactly what situation he was in currently.

He'd have to continue to play up the fear factor. It was important she remember him for what he had been instead of what he had become, lest she realize he was without much of anything to back up his reputation. "Before you do anything rash, Princess, maybe I should tell you who else is here and who I could so easily hurt instead of you, should you anger me. Short of all these other innocent individuals who haven't the slightest idea as to my true nature." He motioned around the cafeteria. "Would you like to know?"