The good thing is, he realizes now that he took it too far. If Ren had brought it up before that breaking point, he would have surely been more combative, but now...

A weak whisper of laughter escapes him. "I suppose I just wanted to nip it in the bud. I didn't trust Glitch, and I felt I had to put my foot down because there's so much at stake. We can't afford to let a setback like this stop us, and when she deemed the mission dead on arrival, I was furious because it felt as though she would sooner give up than dare to try. I suppose just as she had her preconceptions regarding Magpie, I couldn't look past the way she conducted herself in the group chat before."