That's certainly an understatement and the incredulous look he gives should be enough to tell Lara he thinks so. What he's learned about the town from Riley, it's already helped to lessen the blow but what he'd seen Lara do-- He actually feels quite foolish, having had it under his nose this entire time and never seeing it.
"In the library, you joked about the town and all its sirens. Except it wasn't a joke." It's not a question, it's a statement of fact that he's trying to understand, trying to process. He knows the mythology of sirens, of course, about the lure of their songs, and he remembers what had been written about them in The Odyssey. "'Once he hears to his heart's content, sails on, a wiser man.' You're a siren, aren't you?"
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Date: 2014-05-27 10:08 am (UTC)"In the library, you joked about the town and all its sirens. Except it wasn't a joke." It's not a question, it's a statement of fact that he's trying to understand, trying to process. He knows the mythology of sirens, of course, about the lure of their songs, and he remembers what had been written about them in The Odyssey. "'Once he hears to his heart's content, sails on, a wiser man.' You're a siren, aren't you?"