[Miror maintains his grip on Paprika's arm, sparing a second to give her an angry look when she begins to struggle. Yes, of course this is crazy! He's been backed into a corner! Well, a metaphorical corner made of a pointy psychic bird and a vengeful fire ape -- the most dangerous corner of all, really, when you think about it.

That is, of course, his mindset when faced with being called cowardly. Personally he thought the Claydol distraction was perfectly brilliant! He glances over his shoulder at Darmanitan, keenly aware that the thing is ready to rip him apart if it gets the chance. True, his Lombre could probably take care of it, but could they do it before he actually got hurt? Just as he's beginning to think he's actually going to have to make Claydol Selfdestruct (which, honestly, would not be ideal) N surprises him by agreeing to talk.

With an unprecedented opportunity to try and wrangle the situation back in his favor, he allows a small smirk at the 'No trickery' addendum.] Wouldn't dream of it, darling!

Now, let's see. Say I do give you back Paprika, hmm? How do I know this over-sized Mankey won't attack me anyway? This isn't exactly a great environment for negotiations, you know; you must be new at this. No, what I need is a bit more of a guarantee.

[Miror thought quickly about the variables that might assist him: the remaining Pokemon of his own team, the outside chance that Resix would defy all expectation and provide assistance (Miror didn't expect much from a Cipher Peon, though.) There was also the fact that N didn't know that Paprika's Pokeballs were currently in his possession... maybe he could work with that. But first to try and get rid of the looming threat of injury.] Call off your goons here and I might consider doing what you ask.