"I am most glad to be spending my days in satisfying and useful pursuits," Iago agrees with a rather deeper nod, noting absently that he's been promoted again. "No, I do not think my friend is offended, unless you have ordered feet, or something kippered. It is only that our world and its customs are as alien to him as his to us."
He shrugs, with a disarming smile. "Such points of doctrine are strangers to me. I would have needed to consult the chaplain on such a question."