Link blinks awake. He sees Aren, but is silent. He sees Areon and just gives her a glare. He actually heard the conversation in his half-asleep state and just decided he had no paitentce for the "Oh, woe is me! I am such a cold, calculating lone wolf!" character he sensed in Areon. However, Aren did not want to drive her away, and he wanted to respect Aren.
Still, a part of him, a ever-compressing ball of rage inside him was aching to explode, to scream out accusations of why this person thinks she's the only one who's lost anyone in her life. He'd just gotten news that his family was gone. He'd just watched his new friend and mentor fight the reanimated-but-rottinng corpse of his firs true love. Link had no paitence for any outsider's pity-party.
He held it in. He had to be paitent and strong - for Aren.