[ If information is what he's after, then Byerly is good. Wash watches him carefully, and nothing rings false.
Wash is paranoid, though, always has been, too careful, too cautious, sees knives where there's none. He made that judgement the moment Byerly had said something he was sure of a lie, reinforced it when he'd asked after Maine and the Cetagandans. He really doesn't particularly care about keeping Cetagandan information to himself, but if he's just being toyed with, now, he's getting tired of it. The main reason he hasn't left is because he's still trying to figure out Byerly, for himself, and he's finding that -- frustratingly difficult.
He'll give him a bit of an amused huff, though, rolling his shoulders back slightly as he leans back. ]
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Wash is paranoid, though, always has been, too careful, too cautious, sees knives where there's none. He made that judgement the moment Byerly had said something he was sure of a lie, reinforced it when he'd asked after Maine and the Cetagandans. He really doesn't particularly care about keeping Cetagandan information to himself, but if he's just being toyed with, now, he's getting tired of it. The main reason he hasn't left is because he's still trying to figure out Byerly, for himself, and he's finding that -- frustratingly difficult.
He'll give him a bit of an amused huff, though, rolling his shoulders back slightly as he leans back. ]
What else would it be?