Lucien does a cartwheel with the roll of Carinadir's eyes. When all else fails, [i]one must commit to the bit[/i]. 

Then there's words, and they're important words, which demands Lucien take them seriously again. 

"I have not the [i]slightest [/i]idea. I'd have pulled it by now, otherwise, wouldn't I?" It's asked like a rhetorical question but it is emphatically not rhetorical.