"It's easier to see when you've made a study of people and power, which I don't recommend everyone does." He sighs, tilting his whiskey glass to watch the golden light through it. "I judged you a little for it. For not noticing when and why I gave you the cut direct, for example. But you must know I'm making judgments all the time, and revising them all the time, too. People are mysteries, something always left to uncover in them, even the people we love best."