Mom, stop asking me that question. PLEASE. PLEASE. I swear my mother does this to make me suffer:
"Oh you're on the road? Great! Did you leave a light on by the window and is the stove off?"
I DIDN'T NEED TO USE THE STOVE, WHY WOULD I NEED TO USE THE STOVE? GREAT! NOW I THINK I USED THE STOVE!!!
This is one of those scenes where in the comments people bitch about, "omg MC kill that asshole if you don't you're a pussy."
Then because of edge cliches the real protagonist would've just annihilated everyone there.
Overall, can't wait to see what kind of reader our boy here was. Seeing a he...