He would actually like to see what Hythlodaeus would do, but yes. The city's rules would confine them, and perhaps it would be going too far anyway. He still wants to insist that there is no reason for this kind of behavior, as if he'd eye up some random person when he could come home to this.

"Perhaps you ought to remind me again, lest I slip." He won't, but again, he likes this fire he's seeing in Hythlodaeus at the moment. He likes ... being coveted.