[ooc: unsure! If the tavern is still accessible. And Dion would def be way more surprised (and delighted and relieved) to see Joshua now. But I mean, hey two reunion threads = more cake imo!]


Dion swallows, regretting the request already as Joshua's face falls. Though he'd half-expected it, the bleak summation still stings at his heart.

He reaches for Joshua's wrist without another thought, knowing as he does how much Ifrit means to him.

"He will be," he says even as his own doubts linger. "If he has not already. While I confess I do not know him well, I'm certain Ifrit will not rest until he sees it done."