[He can guess at her frustration more or less. For all that her pragmatism has surprised him, she is pragmatic. But also ultimately good. At least in comparison to him. And so this must be so vexing.

Though he does have to laugh now.]

Honestly, the other possibility is that it thinks this is great fun, watching us all squirm. There is always that. Both the convenience of achieving its goal and also stimulation.