Navia was immediately dismissive of his concerns, pointing out she had taken care of it as defence for her not explaining what had just happened. Théadan could see her get defensive, though not over what the man had said, but his own need to know.  She seemed to think him questioning it, was him not trusting her. The way she sarcastically spoke of him acting as the 'big strong Mes'Mo'Tanian lover' annoyed him, and in his mind was totally uncalled for. She did explain however, though she refused to look at him, instead keeping her attentions to the fabrics. He could totally understand Navia being irritable and aggrieved after being spoken too by that man in such a way, and have such crude and horrible things said about her by him, it aggravated Théadan to know someone would speak to her that way, but he did not agree with how dismissive she was of it, and he certainly didn't agree with her belief his questioning her about it somehow made him less trustful of her ability to handle it.<br/><br/>She was completely missing the point, they had been over the topic of her not needing to be coddled, not needing him to defend her at every turn, this was already well trodden ground, and not something Théadan felt he had stepped over by calling her out for the lie, and wanting to know what had just happened. He knew he could get protective at times, and overly so for Navia's liking, which was why he was trying to be more conscious of when it was better to leave Navia to it, and when was good time to step in when there was trouble afoot. In this instance he had not intervened at all, leaving him to wonder why this topic was being raised again, and whether this was more from Navia's own need to be able to deal with difficult situations by herself, than him overstepping any bounds by wanting to know what had just happened.<br/><br/>"It's not your judgement or ability to handle situations that I questioned - that is not the issue, and I did trust you to take care of it, you didn't see me intervening after all." Théadan pointed out,  completely ignoring Navia asking him about the shirt. He was far too preoccupied with what felt like a much more important conversation than trying to find some new clothes. "I didn't step in between the two of you, I didn't try to confront the man." He had been patient, wary but patient not speaking, and almost completely without any understanding of what had been said save for a couple of words, one of which had been clearly in reference to him. "You were the one in control of the situation, while I stayed by your side." He did not see where he had crossed any line while Navia had dealt with the problem. "Just because I don't want to walk around completely ignorant of what happened, and want to know the extent of the caution I should hold, does not mean I do not trust you to handle those situations."<br/><br/>They were probably getting a couple odd looks from nearby people, but it was not something Théadan found himself caring about, his attentions were entirely on Navia. "We have seen danger rear up so many times, that we both deserve to be kept informed when someone approaches one of us with such aggressive intent." Was that not what they had agreed too? Even as far back as Nygaard when he had been trying to guide them through the problems his family kept throwing their way, only for Navia to pull him back and demand he talk to her about it. "You say nothing happened, and yet clearly enough did happen for you to suggest we shorten out trip to the market, and we both know it's nothing to do with you feeling tired, and everything to do with what that man said." The lie had been obvious to him, and hurt she wouldn't give him something to go on. Théadan didn't need to tell every detail, but enough for him to have the gist of what went on. "I didn't know what he said, so of course I have to turn to you for answers, and you would want the same if our positions were reversed, using that 'big strong Mes'Mo'Tanian lover' line to admonish me for being overly protective if I had been the one to lie and not fill you in on what occurred."