Mm. [His smile is so subtle that it's almost more of an encouraging expression.] Something like that.
Although I'm afraid that watching someone in the hopes that they'll eventually slip up isn't terribly intense. It's long stretches of boredom, then something occasionally happens... if you're lucky. If not....
[He shrugs, as if to say It can't be helped -- although the truth is that it sometimes can be, if you can make something happen to force your opponent's hand. Arguably, that kind of catalyzation used to be his specialty. There's been less call for it in more recent days.
Just then, they come upon a door. The corridor is hotel-like, but unlike the other doors they've passed, there's a small, dark glass panel set into the wall next to it with a numbered keypad below it. He presses several of the numbers in quick succession, then holds his palm against the panel, then, as the door unlocks, he pulls the pistol from the holster again.
a dangerous game of cat and also-cat!
Although I'm afraid that watching someone in the hopes that they'll eventually slip up isn't terribly intense. It's long stretches of boredom, then something occasionally happens... if you're lucky. If not....
[He shrugs, as if to say It can't be helped -- although the truth is that it sometimes can be, if you can make something happen to force your opponent's hand. Arguably, that kind of catalyzation used to be his specialty. There's been less call for it in more recent days.
Just then, they come upon a door. The corridor is hotel-like, but unlike the other doors they've passed, there's a small, dark glass panel set into the wall next to it with a numbered keypad below it. He presses several of the numbers in quick succession, then holds his palm against the panel, then, as the door unlocks, he pulls the pistol from the holster again.
It doesn't take long for him to clear the room.]