Birkin tilted his head slightly. "What? I didn't choose him over you, if that's what you're getting at." He held his hands up in front of his chest in an attempt to keep the peace.

As soon as the chair came hurdling towards them, Birkin stumbled off to the side hitting the ground hard, mentally cursing the fact that his one foot wasn't in particularly good shape. "Adachi, just for the record, this is the exact reason I didn't want you to come."

He picked himself off of the ground. "St- Franken, you asked me to keep you leashed when I brought you to my world, remember?" Birkin sighed, already knowing reasoning with him - it? - wouldn't work in the slightest. Discretely as he could, he started slowly fishing his tarot card out of his labcoat's pocket.