[It's jarringly brisk agreement with her assessment, with no hint at reassuring her or allaying any suspicions. As far as deceitful negotiations go, he is either very good at them or very poor.]
And as I've said, you haven't given me much reason to be confident in you either. So it seems to be that either we agree to lend one another the benefit of the doubt, or we continue to fumble blindly about in the dark. I don't know about you, but to my ear that latter one seems to the exclusive benefit of our mutual friend.
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[It's jarringly brisk agreement with her assessment, with no hint at reassuring her or allaying any suspicions. As far as deceitful negotiations go, he is either very good at them or very poor.]
And as I've said, you haven't given me much reason to be confident in you either. So it seems to be that either we agree to lend one another the benefit of the doubt, or we continue to fumble blindly about in the dark. I don't know about you, but to my ear that latter one seems to the exclusive benefit of our mutual friend.