[ A test. That's more predictable, though he does seem to mull his answer over before responding. Nerves and nonchalance give way to tension, though it's not the sort that implies he's ready to pull a weapon.
It's caution, control. Trying to edge out the knee-jerk apology in his voice, keep it steady. ]
No. You were raised in the Red Room. That's— twenty-six? Twenty-eight sisters?
[ It feels mean. Nat would cast it off, the Nat he knows, but it's a pressure point. ]
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It's caution, control. Trying to edge out the knee-jerk apology in his voice, keep it steady. ]
No. You were raised in the Red Room. That's— twenty-six? Twenty-eight sisters?
[ It feels mean. Nat would cast it off, the Nat he knows, but it's a pressure point. ]