Is the Saint of Patience aware of the meaning behind the look on Palamedes' face that doubtless occurs — the look of someone in this committee meeting is in love with the sound of their own voice, and is making sure to utilize their time on the floor filling the air with as many related sound waves as possible, and I am only paying enough attention to be able to notice if someone directs a question at me personally and in the meantime only my expression is Politely Interested — during a good half of his commentary?

Eh... maybe, but it's not like he has a reason to care either way.

"You preliminary greeting, before you realized who I was, seemed to indicate that you've been here before — been and gone again, for that matter, especially given your additional notation about Harrowhark."

(Spoilers: the Saint of Patience may also, in fact, actually be in love with the sound of his own voice — that, or it's the actual act of Pedantic Lecturing.)

"How long were you here, before?"