"Maybe." Another shrug. Zephyr kept doing that, like he could actually shake off whatever emotions he was having with the gesture alone. He couldn't, but it was worth a try. "I know a couple of people who have it, though. And I believe in them. So... it's kind of the same as hoping, just a degree removed."

He was aware it was a weird point of view, but that was as far as he was going to try to explain it.

"Well, sincerity isn't necessarily nice, and nice isn't necessarily kind, so it stands to reason that sincere isn't necessarily kind, either." They kept making leaps. At least they were -- sort of -- on the same page, as far as Zephyr could tell. "Better to know where you stand?"