I would come to hear it. [said simply enough. he's never been very good at this sort of encouraging talk, charisma, things that jayce had in spades thank gods. what he does have is the simplicity of honesty- he would come, he is intrigued by what ortus would perform rather than just offering support. it makes the words come out frankly, like the tail end of a shrug.

of course he can also recognize a little bashfulness there, so he'll let it settle at that and focus on... well, a far more complicated matter it seems.] I admit there is something odd to it for me, the idea that there are those born into guarding something they have never seen the contents of. It feels like a recipe for disaster, those tales of boxes never meant to be open but the curious always fails and unleashes disaster.

Gods know I would be too curious to resist. [said with a soft snort, like a flaw he is aware is indeed a flaw but doesn't always see it as such.]