[The stern frown is becoming an annoyed scowl. He is incapable of feeling sympathetic towards Yzak's frustrations about his lack of privacy, because the fear he's trying to keep in check supersedes all.]

Yeah? And what if you just happen to have a rift open up under you in that span of five minutes or less? What if you're taken, and we can't figure this thing out to get to you in time? I'm just supposed to live with the consequences of that decision for the rest of my life!?