“I don’t mean to be vainglorious,” Uncle Monty began, using a word which here means “braggy,” “but I really am one of the most widely respected herpetologists in the world.”
adults in this world always seem to make everything about themselves and end up putting the children second. especially VFD, they are so concerned with their own persuits and so blinded by their own "brilliance" they fail to see the most obvious.