Propose? To who? And why did he suspect demand was more the word he meant?

But the question startled him and he glanced back as the bubbles popped. He had to come up with a cover, quick, so he used a thread of the anger he had been tramping down. "So you're just going to do what you want until you can find someone to convince to do what you want?" he asked, crossing his arms.

It was the fastest way he could think to explain away the bubbles, and it wasn't like it ever took much to provoke his father. If nothing else, seeing Nino trying to not provoke him had taught him that.