[Theo holds his pose, holds his stare. Like maintaining his gaze was a challenge, now. While he had been raising his voice before, now he was quiet and steady, somehow even more intense.]

Like what? Like a smug asshole? Yeah buddy, I was. Cuz I did what hundreds of years of mages never had the balls to. Cuz I knew somewhere in the city that useless piece of shit teacher of mine could do nothing to stop what I did, and wouldn't even get the dignity to die with everyone else around him. I got everything I wanted.