[Oh god. He can't look at those eyes and not feel put on the spot.]

Uh, well... Like I said, it was years of hard work... And then I had to go through the ritual and beat Maiza in a knife duel, and uh...

[To give a real, honest answer, he'd have to admit some level of "hell if I know." Of course he tried his desperate hardest, but he has no idea what it was that finally made them promote him.

And of course he can't admit that.

So when he sees the promising result pop up on Daylight's screen, he seizes onto it.]

Hey, did you find something?

[Subtle. Seamless. Smooth.]