[This is clearly a man who knows that it's in his own best interests to do what he's told. That's good. He seems like the sort that could be useful in the future. Some of that confidence dies immediately when he makes an attempt at the handle, but that's still ultimately fine. She's handled far more idiotic partners. There's a use for all of them, as long as their hearts are in the right place.]

If it was that manner of lock, I wouldn't need help to get it open. A Von Karma isn't deterred by something so trivial as a common tumbler lock. I've been locking my little brother into small spaces since I was a child.

[She wasn't cruel about it, of course! It was purely a manner of control. He needed to learn his place in their sibling hierarchy.]