"That's not strictly true. The most unsettling thing somebody can do is make you think he or she is correct about you. There is a distinction. Even if they are correct, if you do not recognise it, it's empty. And if they are wrong and you accept it as correct . . ."

Braxiatel didn't shrug, because shrugging wasn't something one liked to do to give a dignified impression, but it was there in his tone. "Perhaps we could say the most unsettling thing an individual can do is to convince the judge within yourself."