No offense intended, but given the business earlier this age, a vague statement by Cody that "we will go for the bigger fish probably" is not exactly something we can rely on.
You guys refused to extend the cf without a free wave in return. If you were sincere in your suggestion that you wouldn't come after us, then what did you possibly have to lose by extending??
Given that we had just put a faery up to 10k, and you guys had 3 humans at 10k, 12k, and 15k, the only way we could interpret the refusal to extend CF is as a threat. Actions speak louder than words.