[He nods back, keeping his eyes concealed behind his forearm.]

Yeah...

[A faint smirk crosses Riku's lips. Oh, it was politeness. Partially, anyway. The other? Well, that was a secret a few others already found out. Damn you, Muraki.]

And afterlife, perhaps? [He lifts up his arm to glance at Joshua, gauging his reaction.] Your presence. It's living, yet it isn't. And of those I've met so far like that, you're one of the stronger scents.