[Reflexively his face recoils with disgust.]

Scant do I need to know such about Steven and Jack. Though, I doubt they truly know what "playing rough" is. In other words, hold not your breath.

[He goes to turn the page in his book, but stops mid-turn. Whipping his head to stare at Hythlodaeus with incredulous revulsion.]

--Why did Steven tell you any such thing at all?