Read this excerpt from The First Men in the Moon: I felt an enormous astonishment at the evaporation of the great fight into which I had hurled myself, and not a little exultation. It did not seem to me that I had discovered the Selenites were unexpectedly flimsy, but that I was unexpectedly strong. I laughed spidly. This fantastic moon!
What character trait does the author reveal about Bedford in this passage?

irresponsibility
compassion
conceitedness
curiosity