Interacting with others is...difficult. [Just everyday interaction was a bit troublesome at times. It was one thing to give orders or to take orders on the battlefield. To deal with all the intricacies in even a normal conversation was a lot more.

It did not help that his ability to see the true intentions of others made for either awkward conversation or none at all (Ozymandias seems too boastful to really lie).] I had not considered more intimate settings with anyone, much less someone I had only made acquaintances just hours before.

[Ah. The man was surely a charmer.] You can easily charm even the most vicious snakes to your whim. [A vague admittance that the other surely has his attention.]