[ By smiles back, toothy and wry. He doesn't work quite as hard to keep up the foppish clownishness when it's just him and Flint. Flint's questions have been pointed enough that By knows he's not buying the act any longer. So what will be the harm? It's not as though Flint is about to chat about Byerly's trustworthiness (or lack thereof) to the rest of the Inquisition - just his crewmates, if them. And perhaps Flint will get overconfident if he thinks he's cracked By entirely. ]
My arms ache so dreadfully. And it took so long. But at least I had a bit of time to think.
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[ By smiles back, toothy and wry. He doesn't work quite as hard to keep up the foppish clownishness when it's just him and Flint. Flint's questions have been pointed enough that By knows he's not buying the act any longer. So what will be the harm? It's not as though Flint is about to chat about Byerly's trustworthiness (or lack thereof) to the rest of the Inquisition - just his crewmates, if them. And perhaps Flint will get overconfident if he thinks he's cracked By entirely. ]
My arms ache so dreadfully. And it took so long. But at least I had a bit of time to think.