Lyle finally realized what Ralph meant by unreliable; perhaps he had spent too much time with Kevin. His enviable appearance had taken up too much space in Lyle's brain, so much so that he had adopted an attitude of ignoring Kevin's unreliability.
One person, relying on intuition and planning to undertake a journey in a world where thieves are more common than weeds with just three people—no novel would dare to write it like that!
Kevin also noticed the skeptical look in Lyle's eyes, which couldn't have been more obvious, but our Mr. Kevin couldn't explain this intuition in his heart. Therefore, when logic fails, we can talk about loyalty.
"Trust me, my brother. For our friendship, I wouldn't hesitate to take a knife to the ribs!"
Lyle learned to imitate Ralph's disdainful look perfectly.