[As Joshua takes a step backwards the hand upon the other’s shoulder slips off as the elder man could not contain another burst of jovial laughter. Unknowingly feeling any different from the norm as the pesky critter’s magic courses through him, Ketheric gives the other a quizzical look with a tilt of his head. A simple shrug of his shoulders is given in return as he smiles unnaturally almost as if the practice was foreign to him.]

But of course, lad! As strong as an ox blissfully grazing to their heart's content.

[Extending a hand towards the sky gondola, Ketheric's next suggestion would very likely seem odd to any and all who might know him. For he was not known to willingly seek out companionship, preferring solitude besides the warranted company of his Absolute followers.]

Come, let us feast and drink our fill in the lavish lodgings upon the mountainside! What say you?