"...?!" Hedrick stared at Robin in utter bewilderment, his eyes fixed on him as though he were looking at an entirely different person from the one he had met before.
Faced with that gaze, Robin lifted his chin slightly with quiet pride, his posture remaining completely steady without wavering in the slightest, as though he had no intention of backing down from a single word he had already spoken.
"What exactly is going on...?" Hedrick asked, unable to hide the confusion in his voice. "You've never spoken to me like this before. The two or three times we talked, you were always cautious, respectful, and careful with every sentence. What suddenly changed for you to speak to me this way?"
"A lot." Robin answered calmly, without the slightest hesitation. "A great deal has changed while you've been sitting here, far more than you seem willing to imagine."
