"Listen, given the level at which I expected to play tonight I'm positively surprised (...) I was less ridiculous than usual. (...) It's over for me today, because I then have to go to Maranello to fully prepare for the season."
The way the abbot already knew that if Tharn knew all of this was doctor Snickerdoodles' doing, he was going to sacrifice himself for everyone and the abbot was trying so hard to keep that from happening because Wansarut/Tharn has suffered enough for someone else's selfishness and deserve to be free