In his own title, he called himself gracious, which struck me as what people do when the graciousness comes very hard to them and they have to make a strong con

In his own title, he called himself gracious, which struck me as what people do when the graciousness comes very hard to them and they have to make a strong conscious effort. So possibly he felt pissy about, but rose above that. I think he'd get extra graciousness points if he hadn't called himself gracious, though.