Neither of those traits were exactly wrong, but Nux would be horrified to learn that they were the only impression someone took away from him. He doesn't like being hated; it was by far the worst part about being in the Mafia, and even though he's picked a few fights in his time, he has never remembered why for very long.

"You... uh, no wait, there's a mistake," he stammers. "I d-didn't mean that... you set these fires? They... the others d-didn't do anything. Where are they? What d-did you do?"