Sorry, not all of us are psychic.
Curmudgen is unable to understand another's thoughts except through the written or spoken word. Thus, he might understand the meaning of each individual word in a given word sequence, yet, unless the entire sequence makes some solid contact with reality, the sequence may still seem meaningless.
When Curmudgen asked Lookame to be peaceful through reason, by explaining what we was talking about, Lookame didn't have anything to say, leaving Curmudgen to wonder,