"It was merely an impression," he replies, sounding almost a touch awkward in the face of that laugh. Though - as Jopson so rightfully points out - it's an impression based on very little. Really, he's had mostly just Jopson's work-related behaviour to go on, more than anything actually personable. "All people make assumptions about one another."

Though maybe a little extra so when you're as naturally judgemental yet simultaneously worried about your own reputation as he is. Sssh.