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[ She knows better than to watch him for some outward sign of acknowledgement. Maybe someone sloppier, someone human, would give some measure of their thoughts away. But not the demon. Vriska doesn't even try. She instead operates on the assumption that he understands perfectly. She feels no particular compulsion to ensure he does understand, after all. It's hardly like she owes him anything, and even less that she wants to do something idiotic like protect him. If he's not smart enough to get it, sucks to be him.

But he is most definitely smart enough.

Vriska shrugs lazily. ]

I know, right? But shit like this is why I tell people not to cross the instructors. They'll make your life a living hell. Barely anyone ever listens to me! It's amazing. You'd think these clowns would learn, but they never seem to! But we're better than that, aren't we, Sebastian? [ She grins at him. Okay, maybe she won't try to help with the point, but she can needle about it. ]

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Well, I do not know about better...

[ His response is humble, but it's falsely so. Sebastian absolutely considers himself better than very nearly everyone here, but that doesn't mean that he's so incautious as to express that or think they don't pose a threat. It's perfectly in line with Sebastian's manners, and that makes it easy enough to guess by his indirect statement that he does agree, but won't say as much.

So long as he's outwardly polite and charming, his thoughts can remain hidden behind as many layers of masks as he cares to put on. At least, that's how he tends to think of it. It represents the perfect butler's aesthetic. ]

Though I can understand why it is a difficult lesson to learn. Pride is a difficult thing to swallow, especially when faced with matters of rank, to simplify the issue. But there is importance in knowing when to bow your head in response rather than cause a fuss, though it is not often a lesson people truly learn to accept.