[Splat]

Ben at the end of the day is a slig, so he'll act like one, which means not humouring the mudokons. I remember Gappiqu has a meaner side to him.

As for Anni and Nova... Well yeah, Nova can be a bit of a brat, and Anni'll follow along with her. Like I said in the chapter,

Anni was naïve, and didn’t seem to know what lines should not be crossed. Nova did know what lines shouldn’t be crossed, but that didn’t stop her from dancing over them, or encouraging Anni to do so.

Nova doesn't like sligs much, so she's happy to annoy them. This will probably become more apparent later on. Ben might be one of the first sligs to be driven crazy by Anni, but he's not the first one we knew about.

And as T-nex just told me on MSN:
meh... Actually Anni and Nova are MEANT to be brats
Anni was bratty with Nick too in the start
And Razer

And Stivik
And Expert
And Reg
And Boogie
And Arthur

Ah memories