How about that?

With a calm reply from Dax, he easily anchored the direction of the conversation into something entirely different—and it's impressive, don't get me wrong—though he was doing the same thing he was accusing Camille of doing, which was painting someone in a bad light to look great in another.

He had this eloquent and confident way of speaking but being someone's shoulder to cry on wasn't at the top of what makes someone a good person. But yeah, I let him cook and finagle his way to everyone else's mind to see how far he'd take it before I decide whether to waste his efforts or not.

However, Kaley was already giving me this look of, "Why aren't you doing anything?" but it took her a second to understand my intentions.