"There was nothing unpleasant about what I had to say. I would not have called them pleasant, and yet the words were not for me. I do not get the control to decide how you perceive my words, Ellistree. And even if I were to argue with you, you are such a very stubborn woman, that you would have gone about your own way."

But he wasn't insulted by it. If anything, it was only factual and how could he really fault her for something that seemed to genuinely just be a part of who she was? In honesty, easily. But for whatever reason, he didn't feel like biting at what seemed like an obvious lure. As if he was a fish who finally knew better.