"It is right now," Kahl mutters, flicking Zerxus in the forehead with a mean fingernail, hard enough to hurt a little. "And since you care about all of us little monsters more than yourself, maybe it would teach you to call me before opening your throat to any sad hungry teeth that wander by."

He's angry at Ashton, and Asmodeus, and himself, but he's very sincerely angry at Zerxus, too.