Heirs? Family honor? Those sound like intimidating responsibilities for the younger folks. If he remembered correctly, this Bertie fellow was from a rich family, and they usually put a lot of emphasis on these sorts of things.

"So you're the next in line for the family, uh, inheritance? That's what you folks pass down right? I'm not real familiar with those kinda things. Mostly we jus' share things with all our relations and pass down houses an' such.

...What's an Agincourt? Another country on Earth?" Because learning about new places is very important, and helps take his kind off of this fur problem.