[Disappointment nagged at him, but he kept up his mask and shrugged.]

How disappointing it must be to ask us for help with something simply due to your own short-comings and neglect.


[His smile was close to slipping into a smirk as his arms crossed in front of him.]

If you're displeased with the answer you've been given and yet are willing to simply turn back, it must not be all that important to you. That said, you'll find no other alternatives here, my dear lady.

[Like hell was he going to give up C and he didn't think the other two were likely to spill either.]