"Someone needs to watch out for his ass, because Lord knows sometimes he's not great at it," she muttered, though now it was less emotional and more just 'grumpy Horseman building a buzz'.
"It just pisses me off when people won't be straight with me, you know?" she asked. "Just tell me what's up and we can deal with it, but don't fucking avoid me." She blinked a few times, registering his last comment.
"So are we friends now, Padraig?" she asked, one eyebrow raised. "Feels like you need a nickname, in that case. Patrick's is Irish, not sure what yours would be."