[Tim glances at him. There's a flinted quality to his stare.]

I don't know how things work where you come from, but I don't tend to look at something I barely understand and wonder how best to kill it. That's just not my first instinct.

[It's never been his first instinct. He's a far cry from trusting the Storyteller, but that doesn't mean he wants them dead. That doesn't mean he considers them some unfeeling enemy.]