You basically explained why he was wrong only to conclude that "this is a fiction so everything I just explained doesn't count anyway", clap clap clap, this is a spectacular way of cancelling your own points. ๐
Shooting myself in the foot during an argument. Although this time around I think I led with the "it's a work of fiction" argument and just circled back to it at the end, when I realised I was arguing with a raving knob-head.