In the moment especially, the two can be difficult to tell apart, I find. [The swell of emotion will just about always turn everything the same shade of pain.

But he quiets again, listening to Neuvillette's woes and worries. The chief justice... and archon? That prompts a pause, a mild interruption.]

Archon...? Sorry, [He gives a sheepish laugh] I can't say I've ever heard of that before. The rest I think I understand... I truly hope that things are... able to work out on their own, while you're here. It's no wonder you're worried.