[ Exactly. They have a lot of failsafes here even if he can't physically talk.
He resists that, if for no other reason than because he feels like it, but the resistance doesn't last for very long before he lets her readjust his viewpoint. He still has the same set to his jaw, but he's looking at her again. For a moment. He doesn't want to face that sternness in her eyes, because he knows what it's there for and how he put it there and fantastic this was a lot even without that. He looks down near the end of her statement, and keeps looking down after she asks the question, somewhere around her collarbone. His own eyes give him away too often - more prudent to avert them as much as possible. Not to mention he's still not supposed to talk, so he can't answer the question very well. Just keep flicking his gaze back and forth between her face, and whatever's near to her face but not actually her face. ]
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He resists that, if for no other reason than because he feels like it, but the resistance doesn't last for very long before he lets her readjust his viewpoint. He still has the same set to his jaw, but he's looking at her again. For a moment. He doesn't want to face that sternness in her eyes, because he knows what it's there for and how he put it there and fantastic this was a lot even without that. He looks down near the end of her statement, and keeps looking down after she asks the question, somewhere around her collarbone. His own eyes give him away too often - more prudent to avert them as much as possible. Not to mention he's still not supposed to talk, so he can't answer the question very well. Just keep flicking his gaze back and forth between her face, and whatever's near to her face but not actually her face. ]