{ He'll begin to gulp down the wine, because what is restraint, and he'll stop to speak. His lips twitch upwards in an almost smile of sorts -- to be likely wry in nature. }

I believe it was what caused him to snap long before he even set foot onto this vessel. It only seems sudden because he was maintaining a damned facade.

{ Arumat doesn't wonder who will be the next to doublecross, who else is hiding some sort of secret because he believes its fruitless. He'll just see when it happens. }

Tch. In retrospect, doesn't matter now, does it?