He doesn't even attempt to answer that insinuation just in case Dori can sense such things and appear to scold both of them. Instead he let's himself get excited as he tries to explain just why and what he was studying out here and away from the Blue Mountains.

"And how treaties affect each nation differently. Some of elder historians think it's a good idea to keep up with how these countries form and break their alliances so that way if we open up new trade routes we won't get tricked into being an enemy of another nation by accident."