It is a very good try. If she'd been up against a fair number of other people, that would have passed.

However, she's not up against any of those people. She's up against someone who has been trained to read people, and often has to drag certain truths out of his captain by force. His gaze is searching, sad as he studies her face, the sudden tension he hadn't noted before.

"Olya. Tell me what you're thinking." It's not quite a request, echoing what she's said frequently.