[sblock=Ti & michael_noah]Konstantine looks at Jasper curiously, almost certainly weighing how to handle the matter, in a way that probably makes those that know the bard feel like he sees them as pieces on a dragonchess board. Finally, resigning that the issue should come out, or at least wanting it to look like he wants the issue to come out, Konstantine plainly replies, "Two things, really. The first is that we'd best figure out what to do should something like this happen again. That whole dying thing, I mean. Luckily the wand we found... oh, we'd found a nifty wand on the giant, by the way... was worth a substantial amount. I also imagine that ol' Zaggy is upset that I unilaterally stole his fairly large amount of coin. Point being that we should determine how to handle that type of thing before it happens, rather than after. Perhaps you, being our spiritual leader and all, especially with your experience with death, would be kind enough to raise the subject.
"Second, it never should have happened in the first place. Hindsight is hindsight and all, but it was foolish. All of us could have flung spells or arrows or whatnot at the stupid thing. All it could do was throw one rock at a time. But then you got next to it. Nevermind that it was then able to smack you around like a cat slapping a mouse. Nevermind that you were then too far away for my spells to be able to enhance your fighting. Nevermind that there was even the chance that I could have blinded the thing, making its rock-throwing next to useless. The result was that two of you were totally obliterated. And, of course, the burden fell upon me to solve the problem. Not that I'm not good at solving problems, but, since we had never discussed the issue, suddenly having two of us dead was not something I wanted to see happen."
During the entire rant, Konstantine remains surprisingly calm, and despite the harsh words, his tone is neutral.
"Oh, and I have no idea why you would ever think me rash," he adds without a hint of sarcasm.[/sblock]
