[ It's such a reasonable excuse that Howl hardly has any room to question it, but at the same time, it's the most obvious. A part of him simply doesn't believe Silco. Unless one assumes he's an idiot — which, the old man certainly does not project — then it still feels implausible for him to be completely clueless. And if his assumption is correct, then there's more to learn from the fact that Silco is feigning ignorance.
Howl may not have suspected anything of Silco specifically following the unknown source of the Regent's knowledge, leading to his painful re-educatation, but... this has more to do with the re-educatation itself preventing him from caring about whoever ratted him out than Howl being too clueless to know such a thing must have happened. He still doesn't suspect Silco in this moment, but he is making note of his odd attitude and statements. ]
Have you been taking advantage of these training exercises, then? [ let's see what you can do, old man. ]
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[ It's such a reasonable excuse that Howl hardly has any room to question it, but at the same time, it's the most obvious. A part of him simply doesn't believe Silco. Unless one assumes he's an idiot — which, the old man certainly does not project — then it still feels implausible for him to be completely clueless. And if his assumption is correct, then there's more to learn from the fact that Silco is feigning ignorance.
Howl may not have suspected anything of Silco specifically following the unknown source of the Regent's knowledge, leading to his painful re-educatation, but... this has more to do with the re-educatation itself preventing him from caring about whoever ratted him out than Howl being too clueless to know such a thing must have happened. He still doesn't suspect Silco in this moment, but he is making note of his odd attitude and statements. ]
Have you been taking advantage of these training exercises, then? [ let's see what you can do, old man. ]