Riley's eyes widened. So he did understand. The corners of his mouth twitched up into a self-confident smirk and he wrapped his fingers around Tao's, covering their clasped hands with his other palm. He leaned forward a little. "Come on, Tao." He said lightly. "I can control myself. Not with you, obviously, but if you don't want me to murder all of them the second they show up, I can listen to that, too." He raised the vampire's hands to his lips and pressed a gentle kiss to his skin. "I fought a bear bare-handed, Tao. I'm not going to get killed."