Valen composes himself as he stares at the screen, as if her wall gives him the ammunition he needs to keep going. Alaska may be making a joke out of him, but there is one part of this whole plan that is a joke in itself and crushes any ounce of her credibility into the ground.
"The rest was clever… I will give you that, but facing me…"
Valen was going to mention Cohen’s name, but the original plan has changed and wouldn’t that be just stroking their ego? He alters it slightly to not give her the satisfaction.
"... And my son in a head-to-head battle? Did you get lazy toward the end, run out of clever solutions, so you just wrote any random thought?"
Alaska ignores her enemies condensending tone. She didn’t expect Valen to speak to her with respect. Even when they have accomplished this, Valen still looks down upon them. She doesn't need respect from him, this was never about that. He will always look down on them, it isn’t in him to have a single bit of self-awareness.
"No, that was
