He smiled, but it was a wry thing, especially after her wink. He nodded once in recognition, before turning back to the relic, to give him something else to focus on.
"Yeah, yeah. Ours is not to reason why." He sounded slightly amused, and obviously disappointed, but not bitter. He did understand. It was just... one of the annoyances of being human. Being who he was. Being so close to real truths, and not being able to understand them.