Well, look at that. The green guy had emotions beyond "vaguely annoyed".
Saralegui didn't lift his head or stop toying with his cup. But he eyed Brainy out of the corner of his eye, carefully observant. He was long accustomed to picking apart others' acts by now, watching for any sign of falsehoods or deception and neatly-sidestepping the same sort of traps he would lay for others himself. Here, however, he couldn't find any sign of insincerity.
"...A trade, then," he said after a moment with all a diplomat's cool compromise. "I'll answer a question for every question you answer. It can't be called 'small talk' if you're just following the rules, hm?"
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Saralegui didn't lift his head or stop toying with his cup. But he eyed Brainy out of the corner of his eye, carefully observant. He was long accustomed to picking apart others' acts by now, watching for any sign of falsehoods or deception and neatly-sidestepping the same sort of traps he would lay for others himself. Here, however, he couldn't find any sign of insincerity.
"...A trade, then," he said after a moment with all a diplomat's cool compromise. "I'll answer a question for every question you answer. It can't be called 'small talk' if you're just following the rules, hm?"