[There's a lot of emotions that he could be showing, should be feeling--conflict, guilt for lying and imminent betrayal. Yet resolute as he is in his current undertakings against Heaven, the bridge... and against God, he knows he has been careful for so long until this meeting would come to pass. He can't afford to give in to any such emotions. Snow is not the one Art has his conflict against, and as much as he may care for the queen... When he approaches her to talk, to see what he might learn from her, his gentleness is both out of honest caring for her and out of necessity to lie.]