[Well when he's not getting scolded, a lot of that defensiveness vanishes, replaced by smugness. Can't keep this ego down for long.] I grabbed it first, but it wouldn't let go of the chain and it was going to get away, so I caught it in a ball. [And then promptly disappeared to the PC, which had startled the hell out of him.]

It'd be better if it didn't all look exactly the same.