In exactly two minutes before Aezeth missed what Fritz did to Eragon, the two who were battling it out against each other had a brief talk.
"Inclined to do such things, you say?"
"Yeah," confirmed Fritz, smirking for the thought that had just crossed his mind sounded sweet. "Here's a question, Eragon. When do you think I would use such cheap tricks?"
Gradually, the kid started in Eragon's direction. He neither showed hostility nor openings in his actions. There was something about his smirk that got the lizard worried but couldn't tell what it is he was worried about.
[Eragon is put in a confused state. He is thinking about what happened earlier and is now trying to figure out if things are real or an illusion cast on him.]
