[ the thing with intimidation is, know your target. while he doesn't doubt that Gen can put up plenty of a fight, that she could certainly frighten any normal person with her pyro prowess, it takes quite a bit more than that to frighten or intimidate someone like Michael. if she's not an enraged sentient murder-happy animatronic or dear ol' pappy, he's not going to be swayed by any of her edgy teenage threats. ]

Hmph. [ "company," she says. ]

Is that supposed to help convince me to spend my time and effort building you a helper-bot of your own? The notion that if I don't, you'd simply be too lonely and bitter that you just can't help setting a family of four ablaze?

Won't be any points in your favour if you try to pawn the blame for your actions on me, Firestarter.