Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“That's the thing. Perez often manages to come out with things which ring true about people, even when he's being a complete arse.
Granted, he doesn't always look great himself, but he exposes something in others which they'd rather try to hide.
I think that was a very accurate assessment he gave of Calum as he sat there enjoying his spaghetti.”
“That's the thing. Perez often manages to come out with things which ring true about people, even when he's being a complete arse.
Granted, he doesn't always look great himself, but he exposes something in others which they'd rather try to hide.
I think that was a very accurate assessment he gave of Calum as he sat there enjoying his spaghetti.”
"Ring true" means they seem true, or likely to be true, to whoever thinks they "ring true", not that they're actually true.
Perez sometimes manages to provoke a HM into doing or saying something they wouldn't otherwise have done or said. I think it's questionable to describe that as "exposes something in others which they'd rather try to hide."




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although having said that Perez would break the patience of a saint.