[ He's gotten good enough at reading people to know that there's a story behind the way that Taryon's eyes move first to him and then away. No doubt it's a story he'd like to hear, based on his vested interest in Taryon as a person first and foremost, but no doubt it's also a painful one if he's hesitating to share the details of it now.

And that's fine; everything in due time. If it's something he ever feels the need to share, it'll happen. Wriothesley offers up a small smile, letting that particular topic drop. ]

I suppose you're not wrong. And you do seem to have done quite a bit of good work already based on the stories you've told me.

[ There's still a small part of him that feels the smallest twinge of jealousy over all the adventures Taryon's gotten to go on. ]

And it seems you're already hard at work doing what you can here.