Yet here you are attempting to assure me of just that! That you are knowledgeable in the weight of these things. Why should I trust your assessment if you haven't practiced it?
[It doesn't sound particularly grateful; rather, it is exactly as prim and sniffing as Byerly's justification had been petty. Someone (not her!) might suggest the phrase 'two of a kind.' Presumably that someone would also find themselves being vigorously shouted down.]
Now we will both just have to make due with the truth. In any case, I suppose it will make little difference in the immediate future.
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[ He finds himself rather at a loss, unable to form a capable counterargument to this. ]
I have practiced it. It's - Look, it's - complicated.
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I trust the people I work for.
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[ Though he does briefly air the most churlish complaint of all: ]
I also didn't have to tell you, you know. I could have stayed silent about it.
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[It doesn't sound particularly grateful; rather, it is exactly as prim and sniffing as Byerly's justification had been petty. Someone (not her!) might suggest the phrase 'two of a kind.' Presumably that someone would also find themselves being vigorously shouted down.]
Now we will both just have to make due with the truth. In any case, I suppose it will make little difference in the immediate future.