Now, to be fair, we have been in strange hands ever since we arrived in this world, Master Lan.

Although now that you mention it, I wonder...

[Give him a second.]

I do not believe our host is pretending in his cloud-mindedness, but... could he be the one provoking this, instead of simply being affected by it? Maybe not even knowingly?

I wouldn't know how to even start testing that theory, but it bears thinking of.