[ the corner of his lips quirks at that. if kinghood taught him anything, it was that most of the people you deal with are even more full of shit than one would normally encounter otherwise. ]

You known, I did feel like I caught a whiff of veiled distrust permeating the room. [ which is to say that every seems to be just as suspicious of each other as the next. ] I can't imagine what would put people in such a state when the rest of the place already seems so ready to fuck everyone over.