And there it was. Lingormr had made it quite clear he knew who Soushi was. The comment was far too pointed and precise to be simply idle words. Still, Soushi's expression remained neutral as he offered the same friendly smile as before.

Perhaps it ought to have bothered him more to have deceived the other man, only to be found out later, but he'd done worse to obtain information, power, or his end goals.

"Good morning Lingormr-san," he remembered to pronounce the name exactly as he'd been told the night before last. "I'm glad to see you are well."