Skaffen-Amtiskaw was starting to feel really annoyed now, not least because the girl had a point.

It really didn't want to like her. It really didn't, not one bit.

"Have you always been such a voice of sweet reason?" Snarky choice of words notwithstanding, its tone was about 30% sarcasm and 70% sincere. "Or was that something that happened when you ... changed?"