[If his smile widens a fraction... well, maybe it's because a child is exercising more healthy suspicion towards a conveniently appearing butler than all of said child's remaining family did, back then (what does that say about them? about humans and their self-interest?). Maybe it's because Ciel sounds much more like himself, now. In other circumstances, Sebastian would perhaps enjoy studying the differences.]
Mr Tanaka is alive and well, and he gave that to me of his own volition. [Along with his pocketwatch.] But naturally, you have no way of confirming my word to be true.
What will you do? [Will you reject him? Keep him around for now? Oh, please give him an order. The contract is still in place, he can feel it, but has it been altered in any way? If they can tamper with the soul, why couldn't they tamper with that?]