And how is it that you - - ugh. [Irritably he waves aside his own question, recognizing it as a waste of time in what overall strikes him as an especially great waste of his time.] Never mind. Well good, then, at least you know of something. Though clearly you have never lain with another man. Coupled, if you will, and known the keenest of fleshly pleasures.

[He'd have used the f-word to refer to the act for its raw ferocity and power, but it would only confuse the spirit further, he muses.]

'twould be a surprise to me have you lain with anything, really. I cannot blame others if you have driven them mad with the utter blankness of your expression.