To Martel's eye, there's something more to this reaction to him than he thinks is entirely easy to explain. Maybe it's some mirror to the familiarity that interested him enough to bait him the first time; maybe 'Tom' is just overly suspicious. (He thinks not.)
"Mmmn, it was strange," he says, not quite musing, "considering your pronounced lack of interest."
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"Mmmn, it was strange," he says, not quite musing, "considering your pronounced lack of interest."