"Hahaha, that joke of yours wasn't funny at all," Pannis laughed in a stilted tone, curling his lip as he said, "You're simply not cut out for telling jokes. No matter how much you try to learn from us, you'll never get it. Just give up."
"I wasn't joking with you, and I never joke," Philarx insisted without smiling, his face serious. "The stories you just told with your own lips, Mage, about using time magic, constantly plundering others' time to restore youth, which of those does not fit my characteristics? If I were to judge, I'd say the most suspicious person would definitely be myself."
