[ Ironically, Sebastian's capacity for nonsense has also been taxed beyond its limited capacity of not having any, thus: drone death. Thankfully for everyone ever, anywhere, he's self-aware enough to know his methodology of dealing with most things is what sane people would call, you know, terrible, so they're not about to have an argument in an alley where Sebastian expends precious energy just to be Right.

Of course, he's still going to quip back because he's incapable of not doing that, so six of one and half dozen of the other, perhaps. And as someone very, very well versed in using a carefully constructed persona to conceal a mess, his look goes quickly from wry to assessing. And possible concern! Ugh, concern. ]

The fact that you're interrogating the text from completely the wrong perspective aside - [ it's not about money! it's about how everything is insane! ] - what's wrong with you?