[ How similar is this situation to his own? Noctaere aren't demons, but they're definitely not something someone probably wants to absorb, even small pieces of.

And yet Joshua insists he's fine, that he doesn't feel any different, and while Kazuya doesn't have any reason to disbelieve him, the pause from early gives him a little concern. ]

Unpleasantries like what? This is what you're in here looking for answers for, right? Why you'd be able to absorb something like that in the first place and the potential effects of it?