Aww, dangit, why'd he have to go and laugh at that, now he's likeable instead of just a shoe-demanding jackass in a retail setting, and Taako will feel required to think 1% fewer rude things about him. There's less calculation and mendacity in his answering grin, by about the same percentage. "I know people who would, given half a chance. There may have been some punching involved in getting this one, who knows? I wasn't there, obviously." Like, you get that Taako is a big enough deal he doesn't have to hunt his own sharks, right? Though he totally could.

None of which was an actual answer to his question, but at least he does seem aware of the stakes. "But if sharkpunching's not your gig then magic is, yeah?"