Sam set his hand at Bo's lower back when she said his name. He wasn't planning to fight the guy. It had been as much Bo's doing as his, and Sam hadn't brought a knife to this fight.

Instead of answering her though, he glanced at Loki and then rolled his eyes very deliberately and with no physical posturing. "Don't play semantics games with me. You know what I meant."

He lifted a hand to brush his knuckles against Bo's cheek. "I'll wait in the hall," he told her and then stepped between her and Loki and showed himself out.