If that's all I wanted, do you really think I'd have to lie? It'd be much faster to just knock you down again. No offence, Cautious One, but I've met preteens with a better battle stance than you.

Nothing I can say is going to prove anything to you... so~ I guess you'll just have to see for yourself, won't you?

[because it's natural to distrust after getting burned before. He's allowed to take his time with this. All they really want is to keep him from charging straight into the murder forest day one, anyway. Day two he's on his own.]