There was a flash of a grin at Lara's response, giving an easy, jovial shrug, "I did say threatening to not actually trying, he definitely hasn't done that in a while."

He did angle his head, thinking for a moment, "And I don't know, that asskicking might almost be worth it." But he was quick to add, "But D, I said a bear." He gestured to Lara with both hands, an oddly emphatic, unsurprisingly flappy sort of thing, like some sort of truncated, caffeine-fueled game show prize presenter, "Have you ever actually seen a bear, Diego? This is clearly not a bear."

Besides that, he had already, sort of, defended Diego from her, or at least demanded to know whether or not he'd actually have to, which he liked to think had worked out in his favor. He did take a half-step back then, "But I should let you two get on with whatever you're doing, I'll stop holding you up from the grand tour or the short version or whatever version you're getting up to."