"And I was trying to make the same point about looking up to people when you steamrolled me with an assumption about self-confidence being lacking," Waver grumped. It wasn't true, because the attempt had fallen apart in Waver's mouth, but he wanted to make it clear that he was trying.

The topic was getting exhausting anyway. "We're about five hundred meters from the entrance. Keep an eye out for anyone, if you don't mind?"