Karma
Author's note: these chapters today refer to the entry into the web novel anniversary
"Quiet… Kayden," She was about to call him a worm, but couldn't finish her sentence. "Eating like this takes me back to happy times in my childhood." Her face became sad and Kayden automatically identified an opportunity.
The classic manipulation when someone showed any sign of painful or happy memories was to connect their memories and demonstrate that you were on the same wavelength in the conversation.
"My childhood was the time when I was happiest, I didn't have any worries and my father was always with me," Kayden released two lies with total mastery and his face became closed and sad to accompany them.
"What happened to your father?" she asked instinctively and Kayden put some fake tears in her eyes, a theater worthy of a master.