[Roland's got a keen eye. Ford already looks a bit cagey, and creeping any closer to the unspoken Sore Subject would most certainly put him on the defensive.]
Typically people don't ask me that question for good reasons.
[Aaaand that is the closest he's going to get to addressing the subject. In fact, he's going to backpedal away from it now before Roland can get the chance to poke at his cryptic response.]
That aside - why on Earth would someone ask you to do that?
[Even more importantly: why did they have to specifically say on the hand.]
no subject
[Roland's got a keen eye. Ford already looks a bit cagey, and creeping any closer to the unspoken Sore Subject would most certainly put him on the defensive.]
Typically people don't ask me that question for good reasons.
[Aaaand that is the closest he's going to get to addressing the subject. In fact, he's going to backpedal away from it now before Roland can get the chance to poke at his cryptic response.]
That aside - why on Earth would someone ask you to do that?
[Even more importantly: why did they have to specifically say on the hand.]