No, not mocking him, just not meaning his words as they were said.The feeling I got from the words was falsely supportive, like telling a little kid that the purple apple they drew is perfect, y'know?

I thought you might take issue with it, sorry. You put in the post that Illiendi didn't really approve of the way he handled it, so it may have been my own knowledge of that that gave his words that feeling. I remember us talking about Amano being different from most humans, not being so much in his thrall, so I did it that way.