It was a tactic and it was effective. I'm not in a position to call it justified. I don't know how many minds you've enslaved yourself. Maybe they went easy on you.

[Frankly, Ronan doesn't care either way. Neither side has hurt him, though they both trouble him.]

At this point, keeping your weapon away from you is just a symbolic gesture. I think it's stupid. It's making you bitter, and if keeping the peace was really their priority, they wouldn't be rubbing salt in your wounds.