[Compared to the Eremites that Alhaitham's dealt with a scrawny young person-thing that is Sidestep is barely even a blip on his radar, especially given the fact that they're also attacking him in blind rage.

Thus it is an easy enough task to catch the fist that comes his way, and Alhaitham grips it tight, using that momentum to sharply twist Sidestep's arm and then use the distraction caused by that to expertly pin them down right onto the table without even batting an eyelash, even as the force of it causes the chess pieces to fall off the table and clatter noisily onto the floor.]

If a physical bout is how you want to settle things, then I'm perfectly happy to do so. [He says easily while continuing to put his full weight onto the other.] We'll just have to do it outdoors so as not to disturb the patrons here.

[Or make his husband mad, but that detail doesn't need to be said.]