It's going to take a whole lot of work to try and get out of the situation and Cole knew it. He had set everything up so that Chris wouldn't be able to get out of his clutches with a well-timed orb or a nice little spell. Right now, Chris was trapped in his clutches and there was nothing he could do to escape him. At the scoff and the mental fighting back, Cole dug in deeper, what little roots growing sharp and spearing themselves into Chris's mind to create a foundation that Cole could build on to tear him down into what he wanted.

"Mm, but I'm not most people. Why dance around the subject when you can get straight to the point?" He let out an amused laugh. It was almost cute how Chris used his words to fight him, but he had heard far better from Piper and didn't really seem all that bothered by anything Chris was saying. He'd have to better than that. Until then, Cole would going to dig what mental claws he could into Chris and start working on wearing down his defenses piece by piece. "You've got quite the mouth on you. Tell me, are you afraid?"