[And Shepard looks pleased at the troll's uncertainty. Good.]

Exactly my thought. [He gestures to the box.] We don't even know if the damn thing works. An honest man — troll, whatever — would let his customers test it out first. Otherwise it's just suspicious.

[Now his attention is back on the troll.]

Now, if I had my gun, I'd probably fire off a warning shot or two. But I don't, which means I'll have to get creative. And —[he glances at Felix, assuming he'll play along] we don't want that, do we?