As Malreth began to hear the song of the Mergirl, he tightly clutched his eyes in frustration. After all, he stayed up well past bedtime to read so he could avoid disturbances such as this. Unable to concentrate further on the book and still not quite at the point of tiredness to sleep, he followed the voice to the courtyard.
Partly not caring about her sorrow painted in her lyrics and partly frustrated at her singing to begin with, his words towards her were chosen harshly.
"Honestly, you would have the entire school awaken to hear this performance?"