[ piter can feel the push more and more with every question. being questioned at all is taxing for him; it naturally annoys a mentat to feel that his intellect is being undermined. but there's something intriguing about this, about the way sam poses questions— piter finds it demanding, almost amusingly so. it hasn't pushed enough that he must push back yet. ] I wouldn't put such inane scheming past them— but is it not rich? If that's the case, they truly think themselves clever.