[ this is why you're his favorite ]

Hmm. Yes, that's likely. [ re: companionship ] I told him that he shouldn't overcompensate. Skills are meant to be learned, and trying to imitate something you aren't never ends well for anyone; surely, if i were like the inquisitor who came before me, you'd hardly recognize me.

Perhaps it is a symptom of the type of team they've gathered. I ought to reach out to them, I suppose - if nothing else, perhaps I can be a listening ear...