"If I supposed you'd still carry it out, I wouldn't. But your last reasonable window went when you stopped the follow through on that throw. You could kill me," he allows, conversationally. "Miles would be difficult in other ways, but you'd have advantages of strength and speed there. Cordelia would be your end, though it would break her heart. If you've only a desire for death, or for revenge, it could be practical.

"But I don't think your death is something you wish for either."

He leans back. "Thus, it's an option. Not your only, but one available to you. Mind you, Miles may make you consider killing him." He quirks a dry smile here. "He has that effect at times. I would ask restraint."