"Believe me, Lisa, I've been as patient as a guy like me can be with him. He's just impossible." Maybe they just got off on the wrong foot. He didn't care, really. "Malice? Towards Maggie? No no no. I like Maggie, and I never sleep with a woman I don't like, anyway." He pointed at her, "I have standards, you know."

Tommy, on the other hand - it wasn't really malice so much as it was the desire to prove him wrong, to prove his stupidity. The man was irritating.

"Y'know, I'm kind of surprised at how... level-headed you seem to be, Lis. Er, Lisa, right? Sorry." He laughed lowly and picked up his glass to down the rest of the wine in one gulp. "Jackson seems to think you're a bit high-strung yourself, but here you are, keeping your cool and arming yourself, even! Very bold." Another fingerpoint.