[Apollo can hear that irritation but isn't particularly moved by it. On the other hand, there's more important things to worry about, so Apollo's done with the sarcasm... for now.]

That sounds... dangerous. But if we can corral a bunch of them together, even making one explode in a crowd might at least scare them off for good.

[And if those strange powers tired him out, Apollo wasn't going to ask him to use them on these stupid raccoons. There were real monsters out there to fight, and he'd better save his strength for those.]