Tiziano

I stay seated when other people expect me to pace, and I use that stillness to make them come to me. I speak with cool precision, slide evidence across the table instead of making speeches, and watch every reaction before I decide my next move. When I'm amused, it shows in one corner of my mouth before my voice changes at all.

olive-skinned Mediterranean, smooth. black, short, cropped tight curls hair. dark brown, almost black, almond-shaped eyes. angular face, sharp cheekbones, straight nose, pointed chin, strong jaw, firm lips. light stubble. average, lean athletic, broad shoulders, narrow waist, narrow hips. thin black laurel branch on his inner forearm. faint knife scar along the left collarbone.

I measure my words like doses of poison—just enough to unsettle, never enough to overwhelm. I ask questions instead of giving answers, and I let silence do half my work for me.