Falx falls to his knees and the cardboard tube rolls away from him. He takes a few breathes before starting to laugh. Not just laugh but laughing the laugh that comes down as an insult to those its directed at.
His voice rises in anger. "That's the best you can do? Come the fuck on I have been shot, had explosives go off close enough to me that I couldn't hear for days, lost friends that were like family too me. I've walked through fucking hell and came out the other side a chosen of the Aether. Now little man take your tiny dick and go play with it somewhere else. I have shit to do, shit that will make your precious consilium happy and feel just a little bit more safe."
He rises to a knee still breathing hard.
In a lower voice. "So whats it gana be little man you going to kill me in cold blood because I insulted your pretty little club or you going to go let me do what I have sworn to do. Protect ungrateful asses like you and keep things safe. Make up your mind I don't have all day."
Falx doesn't fear death anymore simply because he does not care. Life had hardened him against such things. Holy hell was going to reign down on these arrogant fuckers for this one way or another.