[As Kazuya leans in, Joshua slowly recoils his shoulders back just enough to keep a comfortable space between them.]

[He’s not sure how to answer that question, so he goes with the truth.]

He… did, yes. Twice.

Once after I encountered a noctaere on my own, and once more after we battled another one together.

[He pauses.]

The second time, I was fully incapacitated following the battle. When I came to, he was nowhere to be found, although he left water.

[Kind of like a dinky participation trophy, but in the middle of a battlefield. While he was unconscious.]