By this point Potemkin is completely calmed down. There's a problem to be addressed, and the girl's temporary orneriness doesn't even register as an obstacle to him.

"That's just how things work here. Whether you like it or not, even things that were familiar, very familiar to you, now have to be run through mana.

My own body didn't feel right for months," he says like he's giving her a little secret. He hopes that disclosing a personal experience will make her more comfortable with admitting things.