Jill Gilbert pondered before speaking, "I haven't seen him in many years, but even as a child, he was somewhat... overly indifferent. I did think that he would eventually get married and have children, find a woman of equal social status, gentle and trouble-free, to spend a lifetime with. I even considered the possibility that he might fall in love with a woman, and then live together with mutual respect and deep affection, for a lifetime."
Hearing this, Max Sully added, "But you never thought he could fall for someone so crazily, even abjectly? To the extent that he'd disregard his own life, humbly accepting her rebuke?"
Jill nodded. "Yes, when I saw him jumping down from the second floor like that, I knew he was truly in love, in love with Keira Leaf."
Max Sully fell silent, not uttering a word. He was on the first floor at that time and also witnessed Keira Leaf being pushed down the staircase, but he questioned whether he could have reacted like Joshua Sulliven did.
