The Art of Insulting People

I... REALLY wish I had had an opportunity to use this with SotE!Cinaed. Seriously. This would have been the FUNNIEST thing for him to say.  Just because A) he would, B) he would and be reprimanded for his choice of words by both his wife and son, C) he would and be rather pleased with himself, and D) OH MY GOD IT IS THE FUNNIEST THING EVER.

Okay, so I was reading a Regency fic, and there's a general who has restrained himself from giving an evil, scheming woman his opinion of her.  SotE!Cinaed's version of said opinion, assuming he's talking to some court viperess, which he would have given immediately:

"My lord? You seem pensive."
"I was contemplating the sheer disparity in station between yourself and some of the poor women I have known."
"Oh? *Pleased*"
"Do you know, there are women in this world who are forced to sell their bodies for others' pleasure, who have not grown up with half your clothing, education, or talents.  One wonders if they could have found another means of surviving."
"*Look of disbelief and some confusion* I don't quite--"
"*Snorts, with that special, Kaleaster-y sneer of complete derision--you all should know it, Altran probably uses it the most, although Tyroshaun uses it when in a bad mood* As I said, I was contemplating the disparity in station between you. You could not aspire to match them even in the privacy of your own, conceited mind."

...I love him. Really. He's INSANE and impolitic and really bitchy, but man Cinaed is fun to write when he's being evil. *Cackles* I'd love to see him set someone down. Just... 'cause. Yes, I read regency and somehow end up picturing Cinaed being restrained by Kaimana from strangling half the population. It amuses me.

...Cinaed makes my life. Really. My not-bookworm.

 EDIT: Because the translation is even more hilarious, I'll go ahead and supply the seemingly-random, more real-world-ish version of the above set down. "I rather like prostitutes.  They've got a code of honor.  *Beat* You couldn't hope to rise to their level if hell froze over."

That was the original phrasing. Slash the un-prettified way of putting it. I repeat, I LOVE THAT MAN. *Glomps him and his acerbic tongue*