I don't claim to know what kind of past Nico has, but if he considers this a vacation, then I would guess that his life has been a cruel one indeed. But you've both faced similar hurdles. Why wouldn't a friendship blossom from shared hardship?

Now, now, on our side of things, it looked like you unleashed the Jabberwock in retaliation. [Joshua gives Hiro a slightly amused look.] Not to mention, had it been reversed, you, too, would have torn down Caer Glaem's walls. Unswerving loyalty to the Monarchs of your Court, right?

[From anyone else, that question might sound like a mockery. From Joshua, it just sounds like a joke, almost like being completely and totally loyal to them is something to be laughed at.]

Regardless, it's difficult to find an extremely powerful being when they don't want to be found. I'm more interested in finding out who did it, why, and how.

[Someone or something powerful enough to bring even the Monarchs to their knees? It's something to be interested in, and Joshua has no doubts that there might come a time where that power falls into the wrong hands. Still...it's only conjecture that it even exists in the first place.

He almost laughs, however, when Hiro mumbles that.]

Of course not. Nothing is fair. Not life, not war, not even love. I've found that the only fair thing is in death, though even that can vary.