It could certainly get worse, Katsuya. They could come to actual blows, the collateral damage of their squabble could include the door... there are any number of ways it could be worse. Don't be such a pessimist when greater disaster still looms.

"Mm. He did miss all the excitement, didn't he?" Schön asks, in response to Katsuya's explanation to him. "I'm not surprised you became acquainted, Sergeant Suou, merely that you accepted an offer of such... nebulous terms, when mine are always so clear. Kindness can be circumstantial."

Interesting to note is Naugus' use, perhaps not conscious, of the f-word to describe Verity. That particular remark was delivered without his signature pomposity, so it might even be sincere. A possibility to examine another time.