Tadashi didn't try to verbally rile her up. He could see the benefits of doing so, but also knew that he'd be pretty terrible at it. Riling people up was pretty much the opposite of what he'd spent his life up until this point doing. Instead, he cranked the suppressor on his gauntlet all the way down and charged out of hiding with his heart in his throat to unleash a veritable tsunami of fire at Stardust.

Hopefully, between the training he'd done and everyone else being aware of the limits of his control, Stardust would be the only one to get hit.