Neverwinter Forest wasting time on climbing hills

His voice pitched wildly as he explained, exacerbating the unease that Ibis was feeling as if it were a fun game to play; he was toying with her, and she didn't like it. The thought of someone being so violent with someone else that they'd --- ooh, she couldn't even fathom it! A shiver ran down her spine and she recoiled as he did, shaking her head and almost shouting back, Stop it! Stop it Mali, I mean it! It felt awful to be infantalized like this, and the sharp look on Ibis' typically pleasant face said as much.

If he wanted to get a rise out of her, the tactic worked. She watched him as he turned away but didn't notice that he felt his own sense of revulsion. Why do you do that? Why do you have to be so --- so infuriating? I just wanted to say hello, not talk about a bunch of gross stuff! Do you even care that Okeanos came to find you? Probably not, Ibis readily assumed. If Mali wanted somewhere safe to hide away from the gross things in the world, he had found some place suitable - though if he kept the attitude up, he'd be alone.