Doesn’t an illusionist have an easier time of things if they have someone else working alongside them to distract other people?

[Also, yes, sometimes he worries.]

[The next answer is one he’s been expecting all along, although he suspects Faustino’s shortness with him is a sign of how unhappy he is that he has to be dragged into this conversation at all. A bit too open for any illusionist, although Lancia will admit their Faustino is the only one he can ever say he truly knows. Finishing off his drink, he crosses his arms on the table.]

And are you happy here even with that debt?