Mm... [Give him a moment, he's going to inelegantly shove this slice in his face because that's just how snakes are sometimes. And he'll only address Atem's comment once he's swallowed and wiped his mouth.]

That he was, wasn't he? People with that sort of look in their eye, you can only subdue them, rather than reason with them.

Like I said... constricting an opponent tends to be my first instinct. We were all fortunate that this was the right thing to do, in this case.