@Codedgrim its cool how nuanced this interaction is, while paul is right that rudeus didnt take things seriously enough, he doesnt know hes right. Hes placing a ludicrus responsibility on a preteen and paul doesnt know rudeus is anything more.
@SketchesbyBoze not even knowing who ishmael is i always felt that was pretty obvious. the way its phrased, its position as the first sentence, it always struck me as explicitly allegorical
@SleepySitrus Not quite Finnish, but I do remember having a swedish guy try to dirty talk with me once and it was so unintentionally unserious I physically could not stay in the mood