The urge to argue back died as she watched Maruki sink in miserably on himself. She has no idea why a crude insult like that bothered the man so much, but then again, her feeling frustrated about her own fears being invalidated probably didn't make much sense either.

...They ought to, though - she thought they were imminently obvious. Maybe men just didn't quite have the same experience.

"It wasn't debating morality or cognitive psience," she protested, affectation completely flat as she shoved her phone in her pocket.