Gregor reaches up and catches the tip of the baton between two fingers, flicking it away--it looks too much like a shock stick for him to be pleased about having it that near his heart--and watches Aurelia steadily.

"I heard that some of the locals had kidnapped a group of children and were holding them in a building not far from this drop point. I found that... annoying." His voice is incredibly mild. "I take the kidnapping of children quite unnecessarily personally, you see. I thought I might come down and correct their assumptions of what constitutes acceptable conduct."