[Ah, so fate has chosen the worst person for Anders to bump into, he can already feel it. He's going to justify just barreling over Sebastian's "pardon me" with the fact that Sebastian is Dressed Up and therefore can afford to be mouthed off at for no reason in public. So there! He would rather be literally anywhere else at this moment, but alas, he cannot resist responding to obvious provocation.

Or, like, a normal question after he's already popped off, but same thing.]

They speak about this Yima with such reverence, I can't see how I'm meant to draw any other conclusion.

[He could also just be projecting, which is very likely, but still: as he makes a sweeping gesture at the innocent bystanders milling about, the They, it's abundantly clear that this guy has Problems with Authority.

Maybe someone should have sang a song at him, it might have helped.]

But if I'm missing something, then please, enlighten me.