[He allows the switch to video. On his end of it, it's his sofa, indented as though someone is seated there, and his voice. He doesn't show.]

Stand them as in suffer them in your presence at all.

No, I'm just asking for my health. [A scoff.]

When I told you I'm limited in feeling, did you believe me only because you've experienced some of the numbing yourself, or are you just exceptionally less idiotic than the average human?