[Oh great, yelling is always a good thing. That stubborn streak of the Once-ler's is doing him no favours right now]

Then work out a way to get them back. Whichever way we would have gone about it, he would have noticed and upped the patrols. [With his free hand he reaches over to tap Zelos on the forehead]

Think about it. With Martel out, he'll want her back. He'll be focused on that and people who are focused on one thing make mistakes. We could actually take advantage of him like this.

[Then, a little more calmly] Not that I did it as a tactical move. I did it because I didn't want her locked up there any more, regardless of if he'd ever hurt her or not.