Yay! I'm glad you found the argument to be vicious--Flea was really going for the throat.
As for your question... hm... All I'll say for now is that Flea hasn't always looked like this.
oh my god i haven't finished chapter 3 yet (will comment over there when i do) and also don't want to spoil for people who might read this but holy SHIT am i going to live on the high of knowing i asked such a relevant question (albeit completely unknowingly) for a very long time LMAO props to you for answering it so gracefully!!!