Oh, there's no squabble. I just detest the dwarf, that's all.

[ Truer in the past week than ever before, regrettably. He's saying this mostly for the purpose of camouflage: he will, after all, be answering to Miles, the two of them allies in his mission, and so distancing himself from the man is good policy. But right now, truthfully, he does detest him. Powerfully. ]

And did you actually see him do what he said he did? He has a habit of exaggerating his involvement. Don't buy into everything he says.