"Yes. I've heard all about your projects." He hears all about all projects, eventually, but he cares about hers. Her red lyrium research, in particular, because it put her so close to a dangerous element from his past. It's a ridiculous thing. It still worries him, though. He keeps on trying to see glimpses of the man he once knew behind the bloodshot eyes and cynical barbs. It's difficult to reconcile the two images in his mind. "You take on a lot."