"Who even ignores a pet owner's instructions about their pet anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she snapped, because yes, she was still mad about that, even though the fact he'd done it because he was worried about her, like, touched her too. "He's not allowed it for a reason!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"And as for why I didn't think that--why would I?" Nina demanded. "No one ever cared before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I came back alive then that was good enough, 'Good girl, Nina, did you get what we needed' never mind how many times I could have died or been injured on the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why do you think I always have healing magic on me????????????????? Because no one else is going to help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

But, hey, being mad at him meant she was stepping back enough to resentfully take a sip of her drink.

It… it was a good thing that most the people around them spoke Spanish, wasn't it?