He pauses for a moment; he's unsure of what to say, and he looks it.

He regains his composure.

"No, I don't think so."

Because you're an intelligent man, and you above all would come up with rational arguments against them. Arguments I'm not sophisticated or mature enough to counter yet. And I do not know, or ever want to know, or ever will know, doubt.

"I'm not prepared to discuss them with anyone who thinks they're deranged."