At least five uses for the ability to silence things spring immediately into her mind -- but that's not her business, is it? He's either unimaginative (she's not betting on that one) or he's downplaying his abilities just as she's downplaying hers. It's all a reflection of the distrust that suffuses the entire conversation.

"Well," she says lightly, "I suppose we can't all be the Surgeon of Death." Not quite a calculated provocation at Law, just a little verbal poke.