[He smiles just to see her smile, but pretty quickly turns it down towards the table.]

Oh, the survival training. Yeah, he sounds like he knows that stuff.

[From the things he's said, obviously, but even without that - just his voice, the way he speaks. Something about that guy, even as he's carrying on about philosophy and Marcus Aurelius, makes him sound like he knows what he's talking about. The Balladeer normally hates references to ancient Rome, too.]

Brett was trying to ask him about himself, at the start. Didn't really get anywhere.