And considering how quickly after the decisive chapter this one happens, he may still be in a rather irritable mood. So in such a context being more irritable wouldn't feel that much off base considering the stress.
As long as there's no children or similar-esque mechanic they don't have to make everyone pairable with everyone.
Thus it's my hope they can make those ones that can be paired not total contrivances.
We'll see how it pans out soon enough, I think.