[When Beelzebub says nothing in return, Temenos takes a breath and begins to elaborate.]

What you said about my actions—about them being like Lobelia's—was true. Though I absolutely loathed him, the two of us were alike in many ways...and a penchant for pushing the boundaries of danger is one of those similarities.

[It feels terrible to admit his affinity for Lobelia now of all times, but Beelzebub deserves to know.]

When I pursue a culprit of a crime, I put my everything into it. I will do whatever I must in order to learn the truth. This is a quality that my traveling companions, and even Lobelia himself, pointed out might get me killed one day.

[He allows that to hang in the air like a thick fog for a moment.]

I have never feared danger. [...] Nor had I ever stopped to consider what that might mean to those who care about me.