[Ithaqua makes an irritated noise. Of course he did.]

Surprisingly sneaky, isn't he? He acts lazy, but then becomes quite persistent when he decides we've discovered something.

[Which is annoying! Tatara is incapable of just being straightforward.

Ithaqua catches himself, and redirects his energy from being annoyed at the sage to focusing on making the barrier as pure and strong as can be.]