Yes, you do. [He says rather plainly.] But if one is clever enough, fisticuffs can yet be avoided entirely.

[Of course he will deal with violence should it come to it, but he does avoid it when he can. More because of the energy behind it, than anything more morally inclined, or so he'd pretend, anyway.]

...This is the second time I've heard of this creature, and ever is my curiosity piqued. Though, be no fool, divinity is all its own magic, only fools believe otherwise.

[Considering that he himself is more or less a god, and his people created the first actual god of sorts. He knows a bit about divine powers.]