"I'd have killed her if I'd wanted to kill her," he retorted. In hindsight, he couldn't be sure he had actually intended to, in any case. The memory wasn't fuzzy, it was clear... he hadn't been Dusted heavily enough to cause that distortion. He'd told Pepper he was going to make an example of Chesala, and he had done that. Where it might have gone from there would remain an unknown.

"You directly contradicting me has never worked out well for you before, don't think that's changed. Your loyalties are only in question if you can't decide what they are." He hadn't seen the console post... jail didn't exactly include network free time.