[ The words were synonymous. Sherlock is trying to pick apart every lie or indication of one. He deduces Neal's time period, and location from the accent and the tones. He guesses con artist from the smile and he is leaning forward. Curious for the most part. ]

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

[ In the video, Sherlock gets comfy, like he wants to be here a while. He can tell Neal is going to easily be one of the more interesting people on the ship. ]

Yes, the tip of the iceburg. Con Artist, I would think from that body. The video grain between the communicators do blur the details so. It's easy to operate on the technical 'right side'; but let's remove technicalities and see how much you define as right.