Francis looked at the pitiful man with slight disgust but tried to hide it. He looked him over and pulled out his handkerchief and tossed it to his face to clean up before putting on a sweet, understanding voice.

"Well, yes, they wouldn't if you never wanted them to. But there is no reason they wouldn't if you gave them any reason to like you. I mean, if you want people to like you I can even help you with that. There's no pleasing some people, but over all you can get a general amount of people to like you if you haven't personally done something to put them on your shi- ah.. shiiyah list as we say back home. A list of people you've really hurt or made angry, so they won't forgive you easily. You'll have women at your door and lots of friends with just a little effort. I mean, I've never tried to make friends with the rich in this country since I only recently got my memory back. But I bet it can be done."

He was getting in over his head with this lump.