"'Learn' to feel? Truly? Feeling isn't a learnt thing, you nit. If you don't already feel something, you're not going to feel it." Tch. Better to set him straight now, she thinks.

On the other hand, she can't really bare to see that horrible hangdog look again. It's aggravating. "Although... perhaps you should focus more on why you have these... 'slips.' Someone who cannot feel except on occasion? Rather peculiar, don't you think?"