"Nor is it an immediate fact," he replies more calmly, but he obediently shuts them. His ears twitch at the sound, and the people certainly do start moving-perhaps not the GREATEST outcome, true, but-

"HMM! Effective!" he compliments, focusing on the run to the stage. On the plus side, he is about as fast as a bear and a horse combined...so as much as people are in the way, it should be fine, really.

At least until anything Shadowy interrupts.