[he considers politely letting his eyes fall elsewhere while the man navigates his own mouth, but he's getting the feeling that doing so would actually be more of an insult in this case. so, almost experimentally, he makes no such consideration. he'll gnaw the cartilaginous end of a bone with sharp teeth in the meantime.]

Ah, good. You almost made it sounds as though you had some other humble intention under there, and I would have had to argue you.