[ BECAUSE HE'S A STUPID PRUDE, YDRIS. Tama balks, the cigarette only staying in his hands because he instinctively squeezes it to not drop it, but uh, it's pretty well ruined. Not like he hasn't already been taking so long on it that it's almost spent anyway, but still. Ydris told him not to scream earlier, so he's trying to maintain that throughout, even if he desperately wants to. ]

See, that sort of thing- saying things like that! Even that's hard to- you know! [ He tries desperately to gesture, but it's just making things worse. ] Maybe your charges are better at handling this than I am, or maybe the freedom of this 'modern hell' is still a bit out of reach for me. But that is difficult to handle for someone like me, despite how easy it is for you to be so cavalier.