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“No.”

Darev pointed at me again. “Has your ŭre reacted to her more than once?”

I did not answer.

Talia did. “Yes.”

I looked at her.

“You saw yesterday.”

“And in the transport.”

My attention sharpened. “When?”

“When I laughed.”

I had believed she missed it.

Apparently not.

Talia gave me a look that said she understood exactly what I had assumed.

Darev’s eyebrows rose higher. “Interesting.”

“It is electrical instability.”

“No.”

“Stress response.”

“Possible.”

I stared at him. “You just said no.”

“I enjoy watching you argue with yourself.”

“I am not arguing.”

Talia looked at Darev. “He does this all the time.”

“Excellent. Someone else sees it.”

I had made an error coming here.

A significant one.

Darev’s expression sobered. “Recognition is possible. That is all I am saying.”

Talia looked at me.

I refused to look back. Not because I was concerned about what she might see, but because I did not know what I would.

She broke the silence first. “Does it get stronger?”

Darev nodded. “Sometimes.”

“Can it affect judgment?”