[He's quiet once again, because the handful of memories he is getting has a lot more underneath them than what appears to him on the surface.

Putting out his cigarette now, and lighting up another. Once he's done with that, he's pinning Joshua with a Look.]

It's starting to get really tiring, having to read between what you're saying and what you're thinking about.

[There's a hint of dryness in his voice, underscored by the fondness that he feels for his adopted Sin-Eater. They was no Bargain between them and their never would be, but they shared many other things.]

Try that again, and talk it out with me this time.