Wow! He bristles at the idea that he's telling anyone what to do, squinting out of the corner of his eye at Garrot.

"Nuh uh," he says, shaking a finger at him. "I think your world is nonsense, but I haven't said anything about how you should live with it." Criticizing tradition isn't the same as criticizing you, Garrot! "You can call that man... whatever..."