[ He's been unashamedly, unsubtly curious as hell about Nate's life and his history. That attentiveness is written pretty clearly in his expression, with a subtle knit to his brow and a kind of quiet contemplativeness hovering around his mouth.

It makes sense, really. It lines up with all of the snippets of Nate's life he's gotten so far — slowly but surely filling in those blanks. ]

Huh.

[ Is what he ultimately settles on, and-- ]

That's kind of crazy, you're insanely smart, I wouldn't have guessed. I don't know if I'd count that as unflattering, though.

[ Just kind of a life thing. Then again, it's possible he's a little biased in Nate's favor. The weed isn't helping. ]