Owain rumbled with minor confusion. (( I'm having trouble following your logic. If the ghoul looks so flustered, why offer a fight? Or, rather, why continue to bother her? ))

Because it's fun to. All humans will, when stressed, find a means to funnel it out. He was simply proving to himself, once more (as if he needed validation), that at heart people would turn to violence if offered.

Jack strode after her, whistling merrily.