[ He fancies he can hear the underlying question behind the first one, whether or not he'll have to be stuck to a machine for a prolonged period of time, so he starts with clarifying that point first. ]

No. I'm just charging this. It can run without me for a while. [ Surely Natalia can't be so cruel as to suggest otherwise. Which he expresses with: ] ...Our 'leader' is forceful, but probably means well. [ He hopes!! The tone here is dry, almost offhanded.

Speaking of meaning well, though. He answers her with a flick of a finger, a subtle movement that sends a spark of blue-white into the air, and then another; his palm opens, still lightly crackling with electricity, until he quells it with the curl of his fingers inward. A demonstration to show that he can control it, unlike before. ]

It's safe. [ A beat. ] No kissing. [ Adolf?! ]