[Chuckles] Nothing made him happier.
Nothing made you happier. You'd think being tormented from birth would have given you some affinity for the afflicted?
On the contrary. Laughing at another person's misery was the only thing that made me feel like everyone else.
The joke wore thin, though.
For you. You drifted away.
I had other interests.
Yes, other interests...But I stayed with Orson.
Why?
I was curious. Why was he smashing all those beetles? What did he get out of it? First thing I did was ask him: "Orson, why are you smashing all those beetles?" He gave me an answer: "Thmasth the beetles! Thmasth 'em! Khuun, khuun, khuun!" I wasn't deterred. I was the smartest person I knew. Certainly I had the wherewithal to unravel the mysteries that lay at the heart of a moron. So, I went to Maester Volarik's library.
Volarik. Tried to touch me once.
Turns out, far too much has been written about great men and not nearly enough about morons. Doesn't seem right. In any case, I found nothing that illuminated the nature of Orson's affliction, or the reason behind his relentless beetle slaughter. So, I went back to the source. I may not have been able to speak with Orson, but I could observe him, watch him the way men watch animals to come to a deeper understanding of their behavior.
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