Barnabas' insult bothers Joshua not at all, but the question has him narrowing his eyes in suspicion. Suspicion, and a pang of offense. Did their battle make so little impression on the king of Waloed that he doesn't even remember it? Or is he simply implying that his plots reach far beyond even what they discovered up until the time of Barnabas' death?

But to ask questions is to show ignorance, and Joshua dares not.

"What know I? Plenty enough and more. No trace of your master's influence have I seen here thus far, but that you would sow the seeds of his chaos regardless, I have not a single ounce of doubt."