Stone is of two minds about the obvious fear there: one, it's nice to be respected, even if it's out of fear; and two, he kind of doesn't enjoy scaring people. And thought number one doesn't really apply when everyone here pretty much respects him, anyway, which means he probably ought to do something about this. "You know I'm not actually going to hurt you. Right? And I'm usually joking about stepping on people?"
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