Talk:Earl/@comment-28380995-20161008205920/@comment-28380995-20161008223758

The delivery of the line in-game seems to be trying to paint the Lord Regent's Purse besting a Royal Dunwall as a sad reflection of reality, though, not as a joke about Earl being clueless.

(Although given some of the other acting in the game, I'll admit this is hardly conclusive as to the writer's intent :P)