You may be the most stubborn man I've ever had the misfortune to meet.

[The frustrated irritation isn't going anywhere; but there's no point in trying to bodily move him now, not when he's already down. Yuan reaches up to set what he's collected so far on the table, and begins anew, working rapidly to make sure of every little shard.]

Have you thought about how you plan to get up yet?

[That crosses a line into waspish.]