"Does it?"

Since one cannot shout-inhale, Val's deep breath is completely noiseless. This likely has nothing to do with the fact that he cannot detect the smell of lyrium. When has he ever been able to do so? The smell of blood is a little more normal, but still not something he perceives immediately.

"I will trust you! I smell nothing. Yet a terrible fate seems most likely, even if its details are yet unknown."