[ ... ah. Yes, Luca really doesn't need to say it out loud. Joshua knows all too well what the Forest does. There is no end to the suffering here. It's a fact of life. And that the Forest will turn their bodies against each other... ]

... Clive told me once, a couple of months ago, that what that thing does with us is not our fault. That we can't live blaming ourselves for it. I know you wouldn't hurt him intentionally. And that's why I can forgive anything that you might be made to do to him in the future.

[ Because otherwise, he would be a hypocrite. Clive had helped him to settle on forgiving himself, so why wouldn't he forgive Luca if the same thing happened to him? ]

Your intent means more to me than that false god's interference.