A Secret
"Stop."
The uproar had seen as if it would erupt into a 1v100 free-for-all, but all the shouts of anger immediately cut off as a voice was heard from behind them.
This made Daneel frown, as things had been going the way he wanted them to. He had wanted to beat these guys up because of all the things they had dared to say before, but he didn't want to be the one to start the fight. If he was pulled into one, though…he simply wouldn't be responsible for the consequences.
And if someone made the argument that he had incited them using his words, then he could simply say that it was their prerogative to get insulted instead of walking away which would be the smart thing to do if they knew what he was capable of even though he had no access to his Mageroot.