[ He knows every pattern he has ever devised without exerting the least modicum of effort. Something so recent is not a challenge; all it requires is patience, and that glacial patience is something the Pale King has a limitless supply of when it comes to picking apart a problem.
(He finds his attention more easily caught, more easily divided these days. There are only certain bugs that will do that to him-
It's
less distracting if he looks at the seal while he bends his mind to unlocking it.)
There are minute indications of unwarranted tension, visible signs of concentration and focus. For someone whose body language is usually absent, it's...telling.
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[ He knows every pattern he has ever devised without exerting the least modicum of effort. Something so recent is not a challenge; all it requires is patience, and that glacial patience is something the Pale King has a limitless supply of when it comes to picking apart a problem.
(He finds his attention more easily caught, more easily divided these days. There are only certain bugs that will do that to him-
It's
less distracting if he looks at the seal while he bends his mind to unlocking it.)
There are minute indications of unwarranted tension, visible signs of concentration and focus. For someone whose body language is usually absent, it's...telling.
Though what it's telling of, who knows. ]