I may have been sarcastic there. We shall never know.

[But, hmm, question... He turns the plushie over in his hands.]

Then once more I would posit the question from yesterday, the one that you dodged perhaps not the most skilfully but admirably earnestly. [Did you miss his insults, Emet.] You say it's your own cowardice that made you avoid me. What are you afraid of in this context, then?