[There's just a brief pause - the glimmer skip across his glasses. Then the smile comes back, faintly.]

Oh? That's quite a leap to make. The fool I'm speaking to is currently alive, after all. And Arietta also seemed quite lively, herself. Whatever happened back home shouldn't make one exempt from criticism. [He shifted in his chair confidently to face the side as he finished his glass of wine.] But, ah, in that case, I suppose that I have said my peace.