Direct questions don't always work out, but this time, He thinks himself so humble and wise, when he's as arrogant and blind as any knight on a grand vocation. As if giving it to himself makes him better than accepting it from one of us.

A direct line to divinity, not channeled through any god, is - definitely novel.

Zerxus, meanwhile, is chewing contemplatively before he blurts out anything insensitive again.

Finally, low and soft, "You don't trust anyone."