He sniffs as he turns slightly away to squint toward the footpath leading from the property out into the overgrowth surrounding it, and the sound is so closely related to a laugh that Barrow might reasonably tout it as a personal accomplishment. When Flint does look back, it's with a tip of the head and a glance past him which translates somewhere in the realm of 'Go on.'
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There are worse dismissals.