"I have been studiously polite to you since you saved my life" Xaldin says still in the grovelling tones - although it gets sharper as he continues, "I have avoided you because that is what you have expressed you want. I have been helpful when I can. I have attempted to explain things that you have an imperfect - at best! - grasp of with the same care I used when I was Dilan. Acting like a regular person has led to nothing except the sharp side of your tongue - this is what you seem to demand from me."