[quote=@Raineh Daze]
Also, is Marcus SUPPOSED to be unlikeable and condescending? He's really coming off that way.
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You continue to call him Marcus. That is not his name.

He is being written as a typical knight in shining armor, with all the overly friendly and somewhat daft tendencies it implies. Should you wish to see him as unlikeable and condescending, that is your prerogative.