"Whoa, hey, hey!" Yuya spreads his arms wide, shooting Rita a withering look over his shoulder (although it's a little hard to read on a lizard face). He doesn't really want to have to be a meat shield if his magic fails, and he's appreciate if she didn't make that more and more likely.

He quickly turns back to the Greimen. "You know, this isn't the way to get people to respect you at all! They'll just resent you and fight back, and then that's all you'll be doing. It goes both ways!"