chris kyle is the cleverest man within 20 kingdoms (sharpcharm) wrote in bellumlogs,
Waiting for Joss to weigh in Chris decided that the long length of time before replying was a good sign that she wouldn't lie, whatever her answer was. Although out of all of them he nevertheless thought she was the least likely to agree to his idea and the most likely to start talking about what she knew if she got bored, since she had opened up so easily about her part of the riddle and so had little to lose. Trenton, he thought, had higher stakes and would probably not say anything as long as he wasn't provoked into it, while from Will's stotic, unforthcoming demeanour he judged him the least likely to speak about the riddle and its answers. The basic decency of people keeping their promises he only factored in so much as he thought the others in the room would.
And then, Joss gave her answer. It was, he knew, the best he was going to get under the circumstances. Chris didn't let himself think about the fact that part of one of his most well kept secrets was about to be exposesed, just spoke without preamble. "Sean." So used to introducing himself truly only in a slow New Orleans drawl, he was extra careful to keep the faux Illinois one in tact. Lord knows he wasn't letting anymore of his secrets out in the open than was absolutely necessary, including anymore of his actual name if he could get away with it. "My name used to be Sean." And then he glanced over at Will, more politely pleasant than he felt right at that moment. "Floor's all yours, man."