"We are not in St. Louis and I do not give a damn for you status!" That was a damn good sign of just how not-sane he was at the moment. How on edge, how angry, how... suicidal and how desperate to get a reaction, more reaction, from Jean-Claude. He wanted... attention. "We are not, as you said, anywhere. If you are a Master here you are a Master of nothing!"
And for all that he could not not look down and away from Jean-Claude, recognizing the power even while he thrashed against it.