➋ something that irritates or annoys me about you

            _{People say that the capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. He was frequently left confounded by the nature of inquisition and curiosity, and not necessarily within reason. I suppose one could say that he’s more contemplative about how to go about this without being offensive.}

            _{Elena never did anything to wrong Seth, and she certainly never irritated him——not deliberately, anyway. Seth had a high ambit for tolerance and he supposed that things–however infuriating or unceremonious in life–came and went; much like the waves of the beach that left shells and sticks and remnants of tattered seaweed.} 

                                                         <sub>❝————-Uh…❞
                                                                ❝Well.❞

                                                 ❝You’re real protective.❞
                                      ❝….Overprotective, sometimes — ❞

                                                             ❝—Just.❞

                              ❝If my hair’s messed up, or something — ❞
                                   ❝….I can get it on my own, you know ! ❞

                               ❝I mean, I get that you wanna help and all.❞

                                                        ❝—But really,❞
                                            ❝…I get enough of it at home.❞</sub>