Keltham has some training to read subtle bodily responses that Carissa doesn't know how to fake, because it's the sort of thing that seems cool to learn when you're a dath ilani teenaged male.  Her micro responses don't match her macro responses.  Keltham wonders without saying anything whether it's his reading of Carissa's micro responses that are broken, or the responses themselves.  It doesn't occur to Keltham that Carissa is faking her responses in order to manipulate him, but the fixed overt presentation blatantly rhymes with the Permanent Cheerfulness of his students, if his ability to read her isn't just broken.

Keltham has some training to read subtle bodily responses that Carissa doesn't know how to fake, because it's the sort of thing that seems cool to learn when you're a dath ilani teenaged male.  Her micro responses don't match her macro responses.  Keltham wonders without saying anything whether it's his reading of Carissa's micro responses that are broken, or the responses themselves.  It doesn't occur to Keltham that Carissa is faking her responses in order to manipulate him, but the fixed overt presentation blatantly rhymes with the Permanent Cheerfulness of his students, if his ability to read her isn't just broken.  Without saying anything, Keltham tries some experiments to narrow things down.

Keltham has some training to read subtle bodily responses that Carissa doesn't know how to fake, because it's the sort of thing that seems cool to learn when you're a dath ilani teenaged male.  Her micro responses don't match her macro responses.  Keltham wonders without saying anything whether it's his reading of Carissa's micro responses that are broken, or the responses themselves.  It doesn't occur to Keltham that Carissa is faking her responses in order to manipulate him, but the fixed overt presentation blatantly rhymes with the Permanent Cheerfulness of his students, if his ability to read her isn't just broken.  Without saying anything, Keltham tries some experiments to narrow things down.