Leôncio blanched
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Leoncio enfiou, e tomando machinalmente a carteira,
Leôncio turned pale, and taking the wallet mechanically,
The tell: Leôncio blanches. He had counted on the price being unreachable, and the full wallet ambushes him. His hands take it 'mechanically' — the body obeying while the mind scrambles for an escape.
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