One— [ and he holds up a single finger, to illustrate, then points it at her ] you have to tell me something about your country's magic, and its monsters. Because I'm beginning to suspect they're different than mine.

And two— [ the pointing hand is now holding up two fingers] if you still want to fight me over this, save it until the morning. We can't afford to make that much noise, right now.

[ He doesn't want to fight, which he hopes he's made clear enough. But he isn't a coward. And he doesn't think she's the type to stab him in his sleep for this, either. ]