"Look, I don't like any part of this either," he says. "And I certainly don't want to get in the way of anything you've got going on here," - he gestures around them - "but this is how it is. We can co-exist peacefully, or I can be the world's most irritating babysitter, because I don't really trust you with your own life."

He doesn't give her time to retort.

"So, this team you're on. Is it an official thing, or do you and your band of little friends just run around fighting crime when you feel like it?"