You've not met the man. Your opinion would change on that very fast if you had.

[It would take total unconsciousness for Dresden to not act like a child. How do you think he got into this mess, the idiot.]

[Ella's face stays straight, but John's makes a funny impulsive twist as he tries to beat down his amusement. He's too tired to pull off the wholly stoic act.] Well... his hand is wrapped in about three feet of gauze, but he's fairly lucid.