[Oh honey, if you think he's been Mean in the past... Ain's not overly confrontational, he doesn't really like it because he likes to be a sly little asshole about things, but he will shred someone if he needs to. Whether with talons or with words, that remains to be seen. He's really not much of a fighter, though.

Well. So he claims.]

Oh? I'll keep that in mind, I guess.

[This Is A Surprise Tool That Will Help Us Later™.

...Munch, munch.]

You're one of the nicer people I've met, so I suppose I don't have a lot of room to be too cruel, even if you're kind of a mess all the time.

[See, it's that. That's the mean. It's light and teasing and harmless, because if Ain wanted to inflict harm, he'd do it by now.]