I turned on my side and looked into his face, trying to see features. Maybe now there was no forever cold mask? No, here she is. Suddenly, this abnormal logic seemed condescending to me and slightly angered.

“Did it ever occur to you that you yourself are not so many years old to talk in such a tone?”

- What?

- patronizing!

- I did not want to offend you.

Darkness visibly flooded everything around, and it seemed to me that the eyes of my companion gleamed in the gloom.

- I didn’t offend you - it’s stupid to try to explain to a man what the problem is, right?...