And how would a man who shows no respect to anything have grounds to say about what I give my respect to or don't give my respect to, hm?

[ kaveh reaches over. he pinches midnight's ear. it's a playful gesture. ] I am but a mere man. A man who bleeds when cut, a man who bruises when hurt, a man who burns when put to the torch - and a man who has bothered Tighnari with enough fur-raising nonsense to know that when Tighnari tells me to sit down, I ought to sit down and be quick about it, if only for my own good. Did you know that they call him the General Watchleader? Did you know that the most remarkable thing about that is that there is actually no such rank - only that people began calling him that simply because it's Tighnari?