He turned and raised an eyebrow. "And he might have wanted to, except perhaps he has a weakened immune system, or he took pneumonia as a child, or something of that nature. Until you get there and know, don't judge someone. I don't ask why nor care why your attitude is somewhere below 'inhospitable' but above 'mortal insult,' because I knew you don't like this arrangement, and don't have the ability to counter it. I simply reverted to my soldier attitude that takes everything up to and including my patrol blundering into an enemy army base in stride, and dealt with you.<br/><br/>Which reminds me, I do wish to apologize about choking you that time, but I have very good hearing, and your screams were shrill enough to actually cause me pain."