"Your kindness is–" To pause a 'pilgrimage' for the sake of a dying child. Noah knows that he should be more carefully guarded against Ajora. Ramza and Agrias warnings are still steady in his ears, but he cannot help but be touched by the gesture, and just how genuine the sentiment. It will be hard to keep from slipping into this role to readily.

It isn't even wholly deliberate, but Noah knows that Ajora knows just how to act to make him trust.

He halts his statement, bowing his head slightly. "I will follow your leadership." He just hopes this doesn't become a terrible mistake.