*is downright puzzled by your horrified reaction (isn't this the sort of thing people like you can understand) but really that is nothing at all when he sees your tears(?!?!)*
You did come to laugh at me.
*squirms uncomfortably in his chair because what else can anyone do—even anyone who is Salgant—when you are falling apart in front of him* No, I. I didn't...uh... (I wasn't laughing at you for this.) *grabs the photos and shoves them back into the envelope, heedless of the way they're creasing and crumpling* I- I'm sorry. *offers rather lamely, as he looks around for someone who might be able to sedate you or Eru-knows-what else they do to you loser junkies here* Guy's a joke anyway, you know. Couldn't even walk straight. *but Ecthelion is human, too, that much he can't really deny now*