Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20161022144159/@comment-10390252-20161022204056

Merc was probably annoyed by the way that these sitting-pretty prissies (who, likely, have been mostly sitting in Salem's castle, nice and safe and doing nothing but kissing her signet ring for years) are talking down to his boss, who left several significant chunks of her body behind whilst fighting on the sharp end of the war. He was having to restrain himself from kicking Watt's nose out through the back of his head.

Yes, Mercury might have as much of a soft spot for Cinder as Emerald does.