A tell. They always have a tell. I have a feeling that a certain poker player friend of mine has a handle on every person he's ever met, but he's just not willing to show his hand and give up any of his secrets yet. But it's all there in his front pocket...'In Case of Emergency..."
You can predict a person by the behavioral harbingers of his emotions, the little tics and rituals that serve as an unconscious reveal of his intentions.
I don't know what to make of the events of tonight. I have never been here before. One would tell an actor that he or she has room to play within the character, as long as the stage presents itself as a safe environment. But what does acting have to do with living life? Maybe all things synonymous are more integrated than previously mathematically thought.