“Great progress,” she parrots. To Elethior, “How much progress should we expect from you, truthfully? If you are being forced to work with someone who will never amount to anything beyond magical tech support.”
The only obnoxious thing about this book so far is how rude everyone is right in front of Sebastian. There's an element of melodrama to seb that makes you think he's imagining a lot of the vitriol but he's not, at all! Everyone is an asshole!! In real life I would expect a lot of these jabs to be more subtle. It would add to the conflict, make us say "stop imagining everyone is out to get you." but no, they are! He's perfectly justified in being defensive
