That isn't exactly a surprising answer, but it's still a very exasperating one. And while Shrike can exercise a modicum of patience with someone who's clearly Not Getting It when he has to, well, his heritage isn't the only reason he's never become a popular figure amongst many of the nobles and officials he interacts with.
"So you mean to say, you are unable to give an answer you believe I would find satisfactory, however you are also apparently unwilling to admit as much except by implying it amid excuses." A beat. "That, or you weren't actually listening to what I said in the first place. I never said you were unwilling, merely unable; your own circumlocution is what suggests unwillingness."
On the other hand, his bluntness is exactly what those few who know and trust him well value.
"More importantly, I imagine that an explanation of what you can explain would be far more useful than lengthy descriptions of what you can't."
It's very possible that he's a little bit anxious to get back to where he was before. Well, okay, maybe more than just a little...
adult!Shrike doesn't have much filter to begin with and Dimitri's destroying what little there is XD
"So you mean to say, you are unable to give an answer you believe I would find satisfactory, however you are also apparently unwilling to admit as much except by implying it amid excuses." A beat. "That, or you weren't actually listening to what I said in the first place. I never said you were unwilling, merely unable; your own circumlocution is what suggests unwillingness."
On the other hand, his bluntness is exactly what those few who know and trust him well value.
"More importantly, I imagine that an explanation of what you can explain would be far more useful than lengthy descriptions of what you can't."
It's very possible that he's a little bit anxious to get back to where he was before. Well, okay, maybe more than just a little...