[Arctic hates passive, but he's also painfully used to it. To him, this is exactly like speaking to another IceWing noble: trading in snide, passive aggressive verbal barbs, back and forth, until one of them succeeds in flustering and shaming the other. His skills are a bit rusty, though... Not much room for practice in the Night Kingdom.]

We don't. Perhaps your constant verbal slithering and tendency to speak only in implications is just that tediously lethal. And I'll remind you that you are the one who addressed me; if you did so merely to antagonize me, then I'll say now that I'd much prefer if you went and found your entertainment elsewhere.

[Hmm... Too polite. Not enough bite. He doesn't know this guy well enough to REALLY insult him, though.]