[His gaze flits back to his duster, and he collects it from the chair, shrugging it back over his waistcoat and long sleeved button down shirt.]
But you asked what I wanted to be called.
[A remarkably literal interpretation of a question with an implicit meaning, making a distinction between a name and what a person wants to be called. There's no particular prickliness or standoffishness to the reply - it's more as though it doesn't occur to him that he's arguably being rude.]
no subject
[His gaze flits back to his duster, and he collects it from the chair, shrugging it back over his waistcoat and long sleeved button down shirt.]
But you asked what I wanted to be called.
[A remarkably literal interpretation of a question with an implicit meaning, making a distinction between a name and what a person wants to be called. There's no particular prickliness or standoffishness to the reply - it's more as though it doesn't occur to him that he's arguably being rude.]
Why do you think there's more to it?