I felt the strain as my knuckles tightened on the pentacle's chain. My hand grasped for a blasting rod that wasn't here.

"Strangely? That isn't making me feel much better. Oh, and if you'd be so good as to take off my coat? I'd rather not mess it up."

Hmm. Yeah, regardless of what happened, I'd be a lot happier if I wasn't fighting my own protective enchantments.