Lot did not need to be told to know that like himself this man carried things on his back but then his experience with holy men taught him that they were often serious people. They were people who dealt in absolutes. Lot could not deal in Black and White, he lived his life emersed in Grey.
'Where will my kingdom be? Deep in the dirt Lot thought grimly. Lot frowned at Priest slightly irritated by his insinuation. Did the man think it was a case of being saved? Did he think Lot so far gone? Maybe this was his way of saying that he did not get forgiveness, "Are you saying that I need to be saved before I can have forgiveness?" he asked by way of clarification, "What would you have me do?"