Did Tim have a thousand-yard stare? Were he asked about it, he'd know exactly the stare Kirigan was thinking of and would be the first to say he did not. At least not when he was around other people, even if he was drunk. Most likely the Darkling saw nothing more than neutrality on the sniper's face as he worked. Perhap a bit of slack from the amount of alcohol he's ingested so far.

"'Reasons' are like opinions and assholes," Tim said in a bland, bored tone. "Everybody's got their own."