"Unhand me!" said the captain with an authoritative tone, blended with a non-trivial amount of disgust as his collar was strongly grabbed by a sirva, a tribe that had always been third-rate in his clouded vision. And, he was not trying to cover his feelings at all.
"Not until you take back what you said!" replied Lisa, refusing to do as the captain ordered, and she was not afraid to glare back at him. The lady, who was a team leader in Herbs and Lotions would only consider pulling her hand away after the captain retracted his earlier statement.
The two parties stood by their principle and were now engaging in an intense staring contest, those around them could seemingly see a collision of sparks in the space between them. Fueled by raging, barely-controllable emotion, a tiny push was all it took for the situation to deteriorate quickly.
Considering their original intention was to settle the purchase of potions, this development was truly regrettable.
