[Saralegui seemed to feel the stare and pulled his eyes away from the larger dragon, keeping a cool expression with a bit of effort under that look. It was silly to get flustered, he told himself. People always stare at him. This is no different.]

If I say "completely", would you actually be entirely honest with me? I'd rather not dance around the subject, whatever it is.

[Determinedly, he held Tzilan's gaze. He'd certainly prefer absolute honesty, and he didn't want there to be any doubt about that.]