[That amused tone doesn't slip by Yuri in the least. It's pretty clear from his expression that it right pissed him off, too - not that he thinks Alexei will run off and cry about it or whatever, but stll.]

If I knew you were going to be in charge of this thing, I wouldn't have even bothered. [Stating the obvious, but whatever. He's getting to a point where he really doesn't want to continue things, especially when he's in a position where he feels less like he's trying to be civil and more like he's forcing himself to be nice to someone he can't stand.

... Maybe he should back out of this conversation before he explodes over something stupid. Even if it's Alexei, if they could somehow wrestle this out from his control or something along those lines ...] But fine. Consider it, and get back to either me or Raven with an answer. Don't take your time with that, either. We've got better things to do than wait around.

[He manages to hold back on making that last line nastier, if only to avoid some kind of "well then I take back my possible compromise" situation. Man is that annoying ... Although, he takes one quick mental note: tell Raven about this. Especially since he's got a feeling Raven could probably handle this sort of situation better than he ever could.]