"I am not belittling Rin. She's stubborn, not disobedient. She refuses to listen to a word I say, can you explain that? She doesn't get it from me or my apprentices." Tsubasa had been prepared to possibly concede that Rin was closer to a full Makai Priestess than he had hoped for; but the accusation of his deliberately undermining Rin had sent him straight back to the defensive.