Well, that makes things make a whole lot more sense here.

Not that Fang Duobing can't be a little intense about stuff from time to time, but this certainly was on a new level entirely. This being something personal to him explains the reaction, and Inigo can already kind of see what the other is getting at just with the very brief summary Fang Duobing gives.

It's not a sentiment fully foreign to Inigo either, but considering he has actively tried to present himself as someone who is not meant to be taken seriously in the first place, he doesn't find himself caring as much about it as Fang Duobing seems to.

He frowns a little bit. Not angry, but just-- concerned for his friend.

"Why wouldn't they take you seriously? Even if you may not have been as talented before, you're still an extremely driven and passionate person by nature!" Unless Fang Duobing has truly changed at some point before Inigo got to know him - but he really can't imagine the other any other way. It's how he can say this so naturally, practically instinctively. "Isn't that worth being taken seriously?"