I remained silent all the way during our drive back home. This Cho guy seemed smart and well-educated, but there was something about his demeanor that I found slightly disturbing.
He was too polite, too calm while still being friendly, came across as too kind while keeping distant, and drove too smoothly even when he was speeding and cutting through traffic.
It's not that he was too perfect. It was more like that he seemed to be too good at everything while being so relaxed. I was sitting in the back seat, and when our eyes met in the rearview mirror, he smiled with his eyes and smoothly moved them off the mirror again to focus on the road. There was no awkward pause or abrupt break off of eye contact. It was just all too smooth to the extent that it felt creepy.
