Only when it comes to harming others who have done nothing to warrant it, especially when I was given a good deal of restrictive demands. I then insisted if the choices for where to direct water and remedies were mine alone, then so was the choice about who got the remedies we were sent. After it was agreed upon, there was a good deal of... debate. [ Whinging, really. He wasn't unsympathetic, but... ]

I didn't do as eloquent a job as I might have of explaining why going back on an agreement isn't something I can easily do. By mortal standards, it was needlessly stubborn.

[ Smiling ruefully. He can't help what he is. ]