"Equius is a jerk," Aradia said, frowning. He still made her so mad, even if he was being sweet all the time. She was sure it was just because he still wanted to manipulate her into being his little smoochbot.

"He is very overbearing of his moirail, Nepeta. I know she can take care of herself, but he will try to decide who she gets to talk to, and what she can do. He wouldn't let her FLARP with us, for example, because he thought it was stupid." Though in retrospect, that was, perhaps, a smart decision.