Now, let's hold on a minute here. I didn't say that.

[Switching tactics on a dime, he puts on his best 'reasonable' voice. Soft-spoken, eyes opening wider, expression appearing earnest.

Obviously he can't just order or bully this man into leaving. But there's no reason he can't talk his way out of a fight he surely wouldn't win?]

You don't have any more right to this place than I do. And why should either of us have to suffer for nothing? There's plenty of room here. How am I in your way?