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Eames.
Everyone thinks they know him.
They think they know everything there is to know about the forger.
They think he's as gentle and playful as a large cat with an easy going charm and flirtatious nature with no ill will toward anyone but those who cross him.
With a personality like that, why would they want to think any different? Eames is as addicting as the nicotine from those cigarettes he inhales one after the other when he's stressed out.
That aside, they believe they have him so easily wrapped around their finger.
They don't know the half of it.
In reality, it is he who has them wrapped around his entire fist (and what a lovely fist it is), to do with as he pleased. He learns and knows a person's motivation, mannerisms, quirks and habits quickly and without fail.
It's what makes him the best.
It's what makes him dangerous.
It's what makes HIM the predator and they the prey.