[Billy glared at the blond guy. What did he know about Billy's aim. He'd had an opening that was metaphorically a mile wide.]

First off, I didn't almost shoot you. And if I had, I can do this.

[He cast a level one Cure spell. It was more draining than his Healing Light ether, though he imagined it would get easier with practice.]

Permission to shoot it, or are you going to talk it to death?