If they would have just given me answers in the first place, this wouldn't have happened at all!

[he snaps a little, though it's not nearly as volatile as it could be. he's just frustrated beyond reason. maybe if he hadn't been pulled into this mess when he was already in a combative state, he'd be less angry... but that's just not the way it worked out.

still, despite that, he's not acting any more aggressive, at least. he shakes his arm a bit when she lets go—and here's where he has to admit a bit of defeat.]

That's what I was trying to find out in the first place.