[So they can read minds! Qilby files that away for further reference. It's interesting, sure, but also incredibly disturbing for someone who bases so much on cultivating an outer appearance of... Well, of not being a total asshole.]

[Whoops.]

My point, though, is-- [an impassive motion with his hand] --if you hid these keys away, would it not have been better to leave silently, and not bother to have us follow? They could stay hidden forever, in that case.