Beaufort bit back a retort of but I don't trust your word, and attempted to find a more polite way of phrasing it. He was also unsure of how sincere Percy was really being. Everything was a little more confusing now that he had been...surprisingly insightful. "Why, exactly, should I take your word for it, though? For all I can see is you have been rude and impolite to me from the outset, at least, at first, with no particular reason."