[ It seems to Sandalphon that his words meant something he hadn't intended. Being as his social graces remain underdeveloped, Sandalphon doesn't know how to address that suspicion.

So after a pause that suggests some form of internal debate, he opts to set it aside. Accelerator didn't like that, that much he knows. ]

I'll endeavor. But my request is to be informed, should I ever err. I'm accustomed to greater heights than can be achieved here, so I don't anticipate a problem, but I'm far from infallible.

[ So he feels he must consider contingencies. ]

I wouldn't want to encroach further as a result of being "shot down".