[This is particularly bad timing on his part, yes. If only he had stopped to realize it, too distracted by the whole philosophical nature of this discussion—a discussion that should not be happening now. A child he is in many ways, and sometimes not seeing others' emotions as well as his own is one of them. ]

... I cannot argue against complacency from our mortal viewpoints. Even goodly gods back home do not interfere with every act of cruelty. The Trumps are far more involved in general, however, and I do not yet understand how that fact changes the morality of our lives here—especially since their minds likely differ so much from our own.

[This really isn't the time, Drizzt.]