[ he smiles back, but his is - it's not a very nice smile. it's not aimed at shen qingqiu, at least, but his eyes are dark. there's something about fei du's expression here that's as sharp as a knife. ]

...No. I'd say I'm right where I should be, teacher Shen. When you spend your time around tigers, you learn how to wear their stripes.

[ but, he meant it - he has no plans of killing anyone. these two statements coexist in perfect harmony. that's the kind of person fei du is; some of his behaviors at trials, the way he acts, might start to click into place. be the bad guy. be scary. be objective. be cold.

take the blame before his teammate confesses, so the world looks at him as vicious, when in reality, he just wanted a scared girl to feel like she didn't have to be a monster when every person in the trial was treating her like one. ]