Truthfully he was thinking about the scales.

"See, isn't that rather better than having only one sort of skin?"

But he frowns at the next part. "Too many tutors? Aha, but Strange, are they adequate tutors? I could remove some of them for you if you liked." He hadn't expected to feel such a sharp pang of possessiveness towards the man. Strange was dreary and well, English, but at one time he probably would have listened attentively had The Gentleman seen fit to teach him.

"And the Master of this castle is one of your many tutors?"