Joshua is here, too, both for answers to his own questions and to support Reira. She's known Elias longer, after all, and the weight of everything has been clearly pressing on her. It's a difficult conversation that they need to have. So, of course, he waits until she's said her piece before adding in his own two cents.
"Honesty really is the best policy," he begins, appearing considerably less physically upset than Reira does, stance relaxed with his hands in his pockets. Even so, there's a feeling about him that's less than pleased. "Particularly so when dealing with someone that has extended a certain amount of trust, wouldn't you say, friend? A lot rides on you telling us the truth, you know."
It isn't a threat. It's a fact. Distrust has spread among the general population, and there will likely be a call for answers, which requires accurate information. He's well aware that gods are simply like this - he, himself, is no different, dodging things that he doesn't want to talk about - but you earn more friends with honey than with vinegar. Even he knows that.
"In addition to Reira's question, I would also like to know about the visored people in the Arcade, truthfully. We had previously been working off of the assumption that they were either terminally ill or in a similar state, but our experiences in Felfri have shown us that this isn't the case. Have you known that they were political prisoners?"
[[OOC summary: Joshua is here to support Reira and to get answers to his own questions. He has no intention of abandoning Elias at the moment, but being potentially led on doesn't sit well with him, and he's not enjoying being on uneven footing. Reira's question has been at the top of his list, too, but before he delves any further, he wants to know how Elias responds to that one, with the additional request of information on the people they've been feeding on in the Arcade.]]
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"Honesty really is the best policy," he begins, appearing considerably less physically upset than Reira does, stance relaxed with his hands in his pockets. Even so, there's a feeling about him that's less than pleased. "Particularly so when dealing with someone that has extended a certain amount of trust, wouldn't you say, friend? A lot rides on you telling us the truth, you know."
It isn't a threat. It's a fact. Distrust has spread among the general population, and there will likely be a call for answers, which requires accurate information. He's well aware that gods are simply like this - he, himself, is no different, dodging things that he doesn't want to talk about - but you earn more friends with honey than with vinegar. Even he knows that.
"In addition to Reira's question, I would also like to know about the visored people in the Arcade, truthfully. We had previously been working off of the assumption that they were either terminally ill or in a similar state, but our experiences in Felfri have shown us that this isn't the case. Have you known that they were political prisoners?"
[[OOC summary: Joshua is here to support Reira and to get answers to his own questions. He has no intention of abandoning Elias at the moment, but being potentially led on doesn't sit well with him, and he's not enjoying being on uneven footing. Reira's question has been at the top of his list, too, but before he delves any further, he wants to know how Elias responds to that one, with the additional request of information on the people they've been feeding on in the Arcade.]]