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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hippocrachus" data-source="post: 2142603" data-attributes="member: 14148">Yes, but seeming to be a nice team player and actually being one are two different things.People notice that sort of thing.If I pretended to be nice, without actually being nice, SOMETHING would give it away.Mannerisms, gestures, body language, a slip of tongue. Something. Even the way I typed.Calenthang saw someone he has already experienced to be judgmental looking at him as he was about to imbibe. He is self-conscious about drinking because it can be considered a weakness. So yes, he felt he was being judged by someone known to pass judgment.It's a common misunderstanding. He assumed.I didn't assume. I don't know what was going on there. But under the circumstances, Calenthang's reaction was very much in-character.I won't read Sarlis' thoughts if that is what you want, but because all of us aren't master-writers, sometimes knowing what the characters are thinking helps us understand them better.If I didn't read what Velmont wrote about Sielwoodan's thoughts, I would think he is just a complete a$$hole. Calenthang wouldn't like him at all. But even in real-life interaction, someone who is a jerk may still know compassion if his heart is truly in the right place.I can't explain why, but people know things sub-consciously.I can't act out sub-conscious thought without knowing all of the circumstances...</blockquote>