A key part of my phrase was “you seeming to listen to some of the exact-letter-of-the-request”. (Like, people specifically asked him to just stop, and he didn’t do that, instead picking whichever of their requests seemed most doable without having to change course)
A key part of my phrase was “you seeming to listen to some of the exact-letter-of-the-request”. (Like, people specifically asked him to just stop, and he didn’t do that, instead picking whichever of their requests seemed most doable without having to change course)