The music does stop, only because Kubo's point is made. The crushed paper Judge stays where it's fallen on the floor, and Kubo's hands are only on the strings now in case he has to return Garrus' favor and help his fellow Legionnaire.

He knows that de-escalating the situation is the right choice, but anger at being threatened is impeding his ability to think of much that's useful to the conversation. Useful to remember, for when he's back at de-escalation training - how do you de-escalate when you're so angry that you want to see a person shoot themselves in the foot?

He does take a breath and consider things harder. "I know it's hard to adjust when the rules are so different from yours, but there are a lot of people here who can help you through it."

That's decent to have settled on, he thinks. Lots of people are adjusting to changes in their power and social standing here . . . just, not lots of people whose first instinct is to jump to threatening people much smaller and younger than them.

Kubo doesn't expect to like this new Judge the way he likes America.