...I'm not so callus that I wouldn't realize that, [Waver replied, making a face like a chastized child. He was aware that he was as much at fault as Fai was in their current interactions, but he didn't see a reason to allow himself to be pushed around by someone who was friendly with his own friends.]

He's just harder to deal with than you were at the Town Meetings a few months ago, back when I first arrived in Union. You had good reason to do what you were doing, but there's no reason for this. All I've done is toss some potions his way and keep an eye on him when he wanders off.

[He didn't have many friends-- and he wasn't going to let a stranger mess that up.]