Well that's alarming. Jamie tenses visibly, watching the little flares of light emanating from Universe in a physical manifestation of the power rising within him. Desperately, he reaches inside him for some scrap of his own power - there's not much left, he can tell, but it might be enough to provide an opening for him to run, if he has to.

"I don't want to fight," he says slowly, taking another step back. "Look, I'm sorry for bothering you, okay? Just forget I said anything."