He gave her a glare, and then very clearly stopped, counted to ten, and spoke with the tone of someone holding onto their temper with their fingernails. "I did NOT scream a message. I sent a perfectly reasonable request to Meridia and Aurelia to send reinforcements, preferably Meridia since I knew she could follow orders, to help deal with a troll army. If I scream a message, it is because I have danger close, and am requesting final protective fire on my position in an attempt to not get overrun. I know I am going to need it at some point, and I know I am likely to not get anything for the request.<br/><br/>What I got back for my perfectly reasonable request was a message about a tenth of a picometer from outright disrespect from Meridia, and a much more reasonable one from Aurelia. I then considered both her reply AND your insistence that she wants to change my initial thoughts on her, and I am not getting the same message. Instead, whenever she is not right next to me, the impression I get from her is one of a bureaucrat, counting pennies and beans, and refusing anything from anyone that would make their already established formulas not work."<br/><br/>He bit off his thoughts, and counted to twenty this time, before nodding. "I am strongly considering asking Aurelia to find someone else to replace her upon me getting back. I am done trying to get her to understand this is a partnership, not a master and slave relationship. She acts more like a red dragon should than a gold."<br/><br/>He stared at the ceiling and spoke out loud, very carefully not looking at Sapphire. "IF, and I speak in a purely hypothetical manner, I interrupted something important and that was why she was acting like I had broke some basic rule of propriety with her, then she should contact me back BEFORE I get back, the sooner the better. Otherwise, depending on how my request for a replacement for my field handler goes, I might end up having to wash my hands of both sides of this damn dragon war, return the items Aurelia gifted me, and then report to the Summer Queen that there is a gold dragon laired right under her doorstep."