"It's fudge." He's really trying not to be insulted that anyone has to ask. Shouldn't it be obvious? Maybe it's just not so well-known wherever this person comes from. That's what he's choosing to cling to.

"And, yes, the clothes do give it away but I am also making it a habit to recognize faces and yours is new, Moiré." He pronounces it in the exact way that they themselves did even though the rest of his accent is deceptively unremarkable Midwestern English.