It's always the hair people go after. To be fair, he'd probably do the very same in their shoes, because low-hanging fruit is no less tempting than the stuff you've really gotta dig for--
and besides, when it comes to the fine art of getting on people's nerves, well, one of the basic rules is that you've gotta mix it up if you want just the Right Impact. Yeah, sure, the easy grab might annoy someone a moment or two, but if you follow up with a one-two punch...
Henry, upon opening his mouth, demonstrates quite clearly that he does not need any lessons in this particular craft.
Azama feels an icy chill seep into his bones.
...really going to need some divine intervention if that's a normal reaction from your kid. . .
Brows knit in consternation, teeth grit in a gut reaction of indignation, and he leaves Henry's questions - rhetorical or not - go unanswered.
It's probably better that way for the both of them.
Truth is though, cat's got Azama's tongue pretty good right now. If his eyes were open to the world right now, what would his unexpected assailant see? Probably something like a cocktail of distress and resentment. Guilt?
"Mitama...? In the same sentence as 'a lot of trouble'?"
Were they talking about the same girl???
The Mitama who liked to nap and didn't like to be Troubled™️ if it could at all be helped? Mitama, who had slept through her home under siege? (That was forever ago, granted, but...)
"You're sure about that? I-" I what? What can he possibly say to all of that.
"It would seem I am missing some important information here..." Which he might have obtained if he'd. I don't know. Talked with his daughter, maybe. Azama drags a hand halfway down his face and stops there, contemplative. Then, hand dropping to his side, he fidgets with something on his sash,
something that clinks with as much dissonance as the everything he's hearing in his head,
and so he unclasps a set of the bells and holds his hand out, wordlessly indicating for Henry to take them. He's so tired of these bells, gods preserve him.
"... Also, this is unrelated, but pray do not ever 'my guy' me again, pal."