[@Andreyich]

Well, he will require more than a mumble - to show he isn't a jackass, after acting like one. 

The first time I read his reply, I honestly believed he was mocking Meris, again. Only in the second reading and you pointing it out, did I spot some semblance of an apology and a bare one at that.

If you want him to play his jackass part have him show the reason behind it - instead of being dick-to-all.

A maybe one-time non-ass speech about why he is like that. You can't get away with that crap alone, or without someone watching his back. 

Otherwise he will be just remembered as that crazy-nutjob and nobody around to defend him. In an army that executes people for the minute infractions.