_{[Yeager tends to have the enviable ability of making people practically pour out their life's stories to him, so Van's short answers are indicative of a few things. 1., that he has something to hide. 2., that he's very used to hiding things, and 3., that he's achieved the ability of doing it suavely. He's a man that knows how to choose his words without making it look like he's being choosy, that might have some ordinary person convinced of his complete openness and honesty. Yeager has met too many people like him to be entirely convinced. For that matter, he's too much like that himself.]}

How nice. So good swordmanship is important in your world? The knights in mine place much importance on it, though personally I find that view a little antiquated. _{[...And his interest moves inevitably towards the subject of warfare.]}