"You're the one taking them that way. I can give you a real threat if you want, but only if you want to take it that far."

He's agitated now, and it shows. His ears are pressed flat against his head.

"I have no patience for people who can't understand the obvious. This is simply what it is. The World is the World, and nowhere else. It's not your world, or any other world, it's simply itself. And if you wanted to leave, you'd have to find the Keys. Isn't that obvious? What does a key do? It unlocks things."