he is not exactly a bright one
his train of thought is like this: castle move toward the village -> declare war according to ancient contract -> think about details later
yeah back then when she first appeared, i was like
"isn't she kind of too hot and details in design to be a villain of the week ? "
guess i have the answer now
remember, kids: "don't negotiate with the kidnappers/terrorists"
just use the Russian's tactic: "either you release the hostages, or you die with them"
joke aside, we all know that the dude won't ever release the skill, and our protagonists would proabbly solve this with method #2
so yeah...