I was trying for a joke, but it understandably fell flat.

I do indeed doubt anyone noticed your absence from the demonstration. You are a schoolteacher, after all, who was doing right by her students. That's what I was going for well. Don't get me wrong - I'm quite the team player in most circumstances - but shouting for blood and rampaging for vengeance isn't really my cuppa. I tried that once before, a long time ago. It doesn't make anything better.

Let's do yours.