He waved off the notion of an explanation. "There's no need to make the attempt," he said. "It would likely be naught but an exercise in frustration for us both, and anything I did grasp would likely be of as little use to me as would knowledge of the Twleveswood to you. Interesting, perhaps, but irrelevant."

Instead, he changed the subject. "What was it that you found objectionable about the director's choice of production?", he asked. While he was hardly someone who frequented plays and similar productions. it was at least a subject that he would likely understand.