[She absolutely cannot. Just ask Cloud. Some people warm right up to this demeanour and others just... probably find her incredibly annoying. Joel seems to be falling into the latter, though Aerith doesn't seem particularly fazed or turned by the way he speaks to her.

Wall Market has evidently prepared her for this. Or she just has some nerves of steel, which is also entirely feasible.]

I'm not very good at that, but I'll do my best. [Okay, now maybe she's trying to get under his skin a little. But to be fair, hasn't this been a great way of distracting him?] If you change your mind, I'll be here. Well, not right here here, but you know what I mean.

[If he thinks this is the only time she's going to try to get into his head, he has no idea who he's just come up against.]