[ He's ready to argue. Of course he's ready to argue. There are very few times when he isn't ready to argue with anyone about anything. ]
Fine.
[ But he doesn't. He huffs again, as if he's just been told that he can't have dessert rather than that he can't get his skull taken away. Because nobody's ever told him that his life isn't a means to an end. It's not true, of course. But it catches him off-guard, and that's enough to shut him up. Even if it wasn't, it's not like he can drag his own skull back to town. ]
Still leaves us with the problem of finding a skull.
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Fine.
[ But he doesn't. He huffs again, as if he's just been told that he can't have dessert rather than that he can't get his skull taken away. Because nobody's ever told him that his life isn't a means to an end. It's not true, of course. But it catches him off-guard, and that's enough to shut him up. Even if it wasn't, it's not like he can drag his own skull back to town. ]
Still leaves us with the problem of finding a skull.