Sometimes if you feel you know somebody really well, you have some trust in their character, right? I don't think that's stupid.

Just that... when it turns to assuming, I think maybe it gets a little out of control. We... hesitate, I guess, in what we expect and know, instead of letting the people we care about just answer for themselves.

[...

With a gentle tap to Trahearne's arm, Otegine will try to lead him away from the applications and find them a place to sit. Keeping all of that directly in Trahearne's face feels a little mean.]

You hold him in really high regards, right?