Lord El-Melloi II squinted a little, as if that was the best way to divine if Roman was bullshitting him or not. In the end, it probably didn't matter. However, he was done talking about his feeling, or else that was how it felt, and he had a certain keenness to change the topic.

"I see," he said, the tone making it clear that he was unconvinced by this statement. He also wasn't about to push it either, given that he had just laid himself bare in front of Roman. The potential of getting bitten in the ass was there and very great.

"...I suppose the best thing to do then is to plan how to deal with this in a way that minimizes me as a liability."