Ren had tensed up and had to fight back the urge to call up a nine-iron and bash Maleficent in the kneecaps with it, wherever she was. That could come later, should things turn uglier.

"Look, we all know what a headache it is for everyone when these things start getting out of hand. Let's just nip it in the bud, work out a mutually beneficial solution, and save ourselves a lot of unnecessary trouble, okay?" she asked. She could still be diplomatic at this point, though the more Maleficent tried to mess with their psyches, the quicker that would change.