Duncan stared down at Hikaru and grunted. "Just your little friend," he said and shoved Pavel toward Hikaru.

Pavel knocked his hand away from his shoulder and punched him as high as he could reach--which was only chest-height, to his benefit. He pulled his hand back and shook it, swaying a little on his feet. "I've got it," he assured them, looking between Hikaru and Nyota. They probably thought he was drunk, surely, but he wasn't, so he repeated: "I've got it!"