[ see? ]

Because it proves my unspoken point that, while you're well enough to mouth me off, you're not well enough to fight me at your full strength.

[ and wouldn't that be a sad sparring match for him? again, she's not quite fond of bullying the injured and the weak—in his case, it's both. she'd rather not waste her energy on something that would end so quickly, and in an unsatisfying way. ]

... I'll send over a mage to help you redress your wound.