Where were we...?
Ah yes — Alhaitham told you he's a "feeble scholar," did he?
Hah, well that's a bold-faced lie...
Told you!
Hmm, so his false modesty was just a facade to hide his true abilities?
Absolutely
He doesn't want others knowing his true strength
Well, how strong IS he? Stronger than you?
Of course not
You know, I actually ran into him last week while I was in the desert looking for creative inspiration
If he was going out there to study ancient runes anyway
Why didn't he travel with me? We could have split the cost!
Flicker
Frankly, however strong he is or isn't...
You just don't wanna mess with him
I thought you'd have learned to think before you speak by now
Uh... We didn't say anything bad. All positive, actually
Surely you didn't drag me out just to play cards?
We didn't get that far yet
We were just debating how good you'd be in a fight
You keep your cards close to your chest
Not at all
So you don't fight much?
Yeah right! With his temper!?
I don't need to fight
I only need to think...
Everything is connected
All I have to do is find the weakest link
Deal with the causal factors
And everything else tends to resolve itself
A process of elimination
Essentially, more time on contemplation, less time on execution
Simple, isn't it?
...Not really
Ugh, I knew we shouldn't have brought this up with you
I thought my answer was quite engrossing
Boss, this is good wine. I'll have the same, please