Monot at least had the grace to look a little embarrassed. "I apologize for that, Mr. Montgomery, but our operative"—she must have meant the biff with the bracers—"evaluated your mental condition as being dangerous, to her and to yourself." (Translation: scared to the point of drekking myself. Granted.) "She made the field decision to incapacitate you rather than risking something a lot more unpleasant for all concerned."