Tide looked down at the fallen book, a deep frown instantly carving itself across his expression. He raised a single hand, and the tome lifted from the ground, flying straight into his grasp. Opening the cover, he began to turn the pages, his eyes began scanning the contents.
With each page turned, the deep frown on Tide's face deepened, his relaxed posture entirely vanishing as he began to frantically flip through the leaves of the book. His sudden change in expression and desperate actions did not escape Tyrion, whose full focus remained locked onto him.
The sight caught the paragon completely by surprise, this was not the reaction he had anticipated. He had originally suspected that Tide might be in cahoots with whoever was manipulating him from the shadows.
Hence, his entire strategy had been built around throwing the tome out into the open, effectively flipping the game board to signal that he knew he was being played and refused to participate any further.
