[Right, so maybe it's not such normal behavior. On a regular day, he wouldn't need to bother with climbing, though, and that's the point of annoyance here. He frowns a bit, then sighs heavily. It's not exactly easy to admit that anything is even a little bit wrong, but he ought to at least give some explanation here.]

There's something slightly amiss with my power, so... I was trying to see whether or not climbing to a higher location would help.