"You just look so small and afraid over there with that pout on your face," he teases, his free hand on his hip as he flips the blade around in his hand to hold it proper. "Looked like a kicked pup, now you're trying to be big?"

Even unimpressed as Krem seems, he still appreciates that Sam is being serious. While he hadn't gone into this expecting to fight with a mage it isn't as if Krem is unprepared. But he likes Sam well enough. Hopefully after this the man wouldn't just huff off.