The immediate and apparently sincere contrition took some of the wind out of Lin's sails, though he seemed mildly irritated that he didn't have more excuse to be, well, irritated. He also kept eyeing Wan as though expecting some extra reaction which didn't come.

"Well h- how're we meant to know th- that unless you s- say s- something?" he grumbled, and looked back and Heojin--perhaps a bit nervously. Heojin caught his eye and inclined his head, and Lin turned back to Wan, straightening up as though attempting to re-gather his authority. "Just d- don't d- d- do it again," he lectured, and then amended, "well, without warnin', anyway. Is th- that what you're after? Getting s- some attention?"

He certainly got it, at any rate.