Both.

[ A tilt of his head. He has been constantly readjusting his read of Byerly this entire night. He still doesn't think he has it quite right. ]

Jerk with a heart of gold is a little too typical -- the front is there, but it's only partially a front. When you do care, you care deeply. What drives you is noble. You're gentle where you see fit, but cruel in the same way. You make yourself out to be vicious, you lean on your family name for it, but you aren't quite as terrible as you make yourself out to be.

But still sharp. Still pointed. A different kind of vicious. You'll use who you have to and do what you have to. You dig into people because you can't help but do it, too.

Or not. [ A slight shrug. He's perfectly happy to admit that he could be wrong. ] But I won't underestimate you in either direction.