[ Please, he's way too polite for that. Just don't read his mind and it'll all be fine ok.
Remus's brows lift at the obvious lie, but there's no hint of suspicion in it — amusement and curiosity, yes. The potential danger of the current situation drags them down a bit, makes his expression more wry than light, but any distrust is markedly impersonal.
He hesitates on the edge of asking another ten questions, then decides against it. Whoever this man is, he's young, and Remus is aware of his confusion in a way that's bordering on uncomfortable. Interrogations won't help. ]
I don't mean you any harm. And so long as your secrets aren't the reason I'm here, you're welcome to keep them — but if I'm not mistaken, we're both more than a bit lost.
[ Cooperation would be nice. The strange sense of recognition, the trust, the fact that he doesn't need to see the strange outfit and the webbing to know this man's more than he seems — all things he's sidestepping, though they make cooperation feel more like an inevitability than a suggestion. ]
no subject
Remus's brows lift at the obvious lie, but there's no hint of suspicion in it — amusement and curiosity, yes. The potential danger of the current situation drags them down a bit, makes his expression more wry than light, but any distrust is markedly impersonal.
He hesitates on the edge of asking another ten questions, then decides against it. Whoever this man is, he's young, and Remus is aware of his confusion in a way that's bordering on uncomfortable. Interrogations won't help. ]
I don't mean you any harm. And so long as your secrets aren't the reason I'm here, you're welcome to keep them — but if I'm not mistaken, we're both more than a bit lost.
[ Cooperation would be nice. The strange sense of recognition, the trust, the fact that he doesn't need to see the strange outfit and the webbing to know this man's more than he seems — all things he's sidestepping, though they make cooperation feel more like an inevitability than a suggestion. ]