[He cautiously shakes his head, though he keeps a hand against Trahearne's arm.]

I can't speak for that, Trahearne. I'm not him.

What I do know is that Syrlya took the time to talk to both of these people, when all that was going on. And... well, you know Syrlya. He's pretty patient in how he shows care for people, even if he disagrees with them. And I think... maybe having shouldered all of that earlier today just made some already difficult things a little harder to swallow.

...

Did you ever ask him about it? The date auction, I mean.