"Problem with that is, I only have your word for it," she pointed out, "and everything about your approach just changed." That should be a warning, she knew, and she did take it as one, but it also intrigued her. Why put on that act in front of a girl it clearly scared the wits out of, then switch to this act here?
The problem with not knowing what someone was ultimately after was not knowing which act was closest to the truth. She knew Tarvek. She knew from him and his family all about acts and double talk, and how one person could wear a million faces, none of them his own. That's why she tried to have patience when Tarvek and Gil tried to kill each other, she had the impression that was pretty close to the true Tarvek, and if nothing else, she owed him enough to want to be someone he didn't have to put on an act for.
...And this was where she was glad NOT to be home, because the castle had gotten too good at guessing the direction of her thoughts, and too obnoxious in voicing its own interpretations of them.
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The problem with not knowing what someone was ultimately after was not knowing which act was closest to the truth. She knew Tarvek. She knew from him and his family all about acts and double talk, and how one person could wear a million faces, none of them his own. That's why she tried to have patience when Tarvek and Gil tried to kill each other, she had the impression that was pretty close to the true Tarvek, and if nothing else, she owed him enough to want to be someone he didn't have to put on an act for.
...And this was where she was glad NOT to be home, because the castle had gotten too good at guessing the direction of her thoughts, and too obnoxious in voicing its own interpretations of them.