"And why not? He started it. I just set out to finish it!" His eyes flashed dangerously for a second, but as quick as it came it left him. "It's not as if I was going to kill the kid. A little beating never hurt anyone. It's good for teaching lessons."

He absolutely realized anyone else would give him a weird look for what he was saying. He also didn't give a shit. He's in Turk mode and that basically meant yakuza enforcer. No one else understood what that meant except to think of him as a monster. That was fine. Maybe he was one.