[You would not believe how much of a major plot point the answer to this question was for chapter one.]

I sense your envy, deity.

[Yes.]

The barrier that surrounds me can not be so easily penetrated. Very few fools have tried to breach it before, yet it defends me. Vigorously! To keep all away from my cursed being!

[When you're not used to being engaged by anyone around you, it's pretty habitual to get lost in your own head.]