Re: In which I describe my one false note in detail... I thought that was the line of thinking you were referring to when you said it made Alfred sound a bit daft.
Ah! I see what you mean. I didn't mean that pov, exactly. That makes sense to me. Damian has obviously been brought up badly and the idea that he needs love and conditioning I think is absolutely correct. That part isn't crazy at all.
I'm probably just having a personal issue with the use of the term aristocrat and I'm being oversensitive to it. In context clearly Dick's complaining about it so it's not like he's saying "Wow, Damian is so high class!" or anything.