[After encountering the Void and the Truth, Joshua isn't sure how to handle the revelation he's had laid out before him. Two sets of memories conflict in his head, and it's hard, sometimes, to keep track of what is real and what isn't. Clinging to what the Truth has said is the easiest way to do so, but it's hard. It's a lot to have to accept. And he has, to some extent - it's how he got out of there in the first place - but that doesn't make it easier.
Something else that doesn't make it easier is knowing that Neku lied to him.
Beat had tried to tell him, but he'd so thoroughly dismissed it then. And then later, Neku had said the same thing. He had almost said the truth. Almost. But then he played it off as a joke, and now, Joshua is left battling with these conflicting memories. If only he'd listened to Beat, who he knows wouldn't lie to him. If only he'd suspected Neku, who he trusted not to lie at all.
All of this is going through his head as he knocks on the doorframe of Neku's studio.]
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Something else that doesn't make it easier is knowing that Neku lied to him.
Beat had tried to tell him, but he'd so thoroughly dismissed it then. And then later, Neku had said the same thing. He had almost said the truth. Almost. But then he played it off as a joke, and now, Joshua is left battling with these conflicting memories. If only he'd listened to Beat, who he knows wouldn't lie to him. If only he'd suspected Neku, who he trusted not to lie at all.
All of this is going through his head as he knocks on the doorframe of Neku's studio.]
Hey. Can we... talk?