...Right. [ half-moan half-I-did-this-to-myself-by-the-gods. Raw, unadulterated agony ripples permeates his voice and his muffled by a hand. ] I should have known you'd be literal. People always are when you least expect it.

[ He recollects himself. The words unmuffled once more. ]

I take it you're pretty good at dodging words.