Sam didn't give two shits about Elder's anger. He just repeated the same answer.
"I don't think I was overboard."
The Elder almost lost it, but he gritted his teeth and spoke.
"You better give me a proper explanation."
"It is very simple actually. He attacked me, not even from the front. But with a trap set up. I destroyed the trap, captured the energy released from the trap and used that exact amount of energy to attack him again.
I even chased him openly and attacked with all the people present.
You can ask anyone to testify."
The elder looked at Crow, who nodded in response.
"If you had hit him with the same amount of energy, why did he go into comatose state?"
"Only the energy is the same, not the way we used it. I used the energy way better than he did and I was stronger. That is all there is to it."
"If you knew you were stronger, why didn't you hold back?"
