Yeah, that bit was annoying to. In a younger character, it'd be understandable, but not so much in a 17-year-old. It also made me more inclined to sympathize with Ellimere. of course you're going to be overbearing when you have to be responsible and the person you'd expect to be giving you a helping hand is busy sulking about mommy and daddy not being there, and about how he has responsibilities that he ignores. It was especially aggravating when Sabriel was excited that soon she'd be able to spend more time with at least one of her children, and he was thinking about how to weasel out of it.