Joshua wasn't sure what to do at this point. He thought that she would simply walk on and ignore him, but yet she stayed by him. Great... Now what do I do? He scratched his chin to silently think for a moment before looking up at her. "Do... You need something from me?". He asked, pausing his writing for a moment. He was trying to remake the sunset that he saw just a bit earlier, but that wasn't the main point. Does she know who I am? If she doesn't, maybe I can try to trick her into something advantageous.

Joshua was stunned silent by her response. How did she know that he was within the Masks? Was it his voice? So maybe it was a bad idea to try to play dumb and act like he didn't know her from before, but what would he do now? He technically didn't have the power to arrest her, and even if he brought her in (which was legal since there were wanted posters of her plastered around the city), she could still use her magic to get away from him, potentially permanently blinding him, which would definitely ruin his life in more than a few aspects. He simply bit his lower lip before getting up and putting away his paper, still fighting on the inside about whether or not he could still play dumb, but in the end he knew the jig was up. "Well... What's a thief doing out here in the open?" He countered, staying firm, but on the inside he was panicking for what to do next. "I thought a thief's best friend was the shadows." He didn't pay any mind to the master bit, mostly because he was used to being called a dog for the King to command.

Joshua was quiet when he heard Emelote say that Masks never traveled far, which was a problem that he himself had brought up to the captain as soon as he got a proper look at how and where the Masks operated, but the money was in the main parts of town and the shadier parts were almost abandoned out of a feeling of there being no chance of salvaging the place and the people. "We may be on opposite sides of the law, but that is something I agree with as well." He rubbed his face and sighed. This was not a good situation and he was considerably disadvantaged. There needed to be a way for him to flip the conversation on her, but what? "I must admit... I never expected to have this conversation with you, but since I cant catch you on my own thanks to all of the magic that you know, could you humor me with an answer to a simple question: why did you become a thief?"

Joshua didn't react when he heard that Emelote's mother was burned for having a half blood child. "I have heard rumors that having a half blood child would be punishable by death, but I never imagined that they would be burned alive." There was a hint of compassion in his voice; he was showing a hint of earnest pity, but he couldn't fully show compassion. She was still a thief and he was still a Mask, after all. Now... He didn't know what to do. He was still wrestling the idea of trying to take her.

Joshua stared at Emelote as she continued to stand there. He wasn't sure what to even say anymore, but he also wasn't sure what to do now. She hasn't left yet, but yet she also didn't try any of her magic yet to make a getaway... but why? Was she too tired to use her magic? Or maybe it was something where she wanted to toy with him and continue taunting him with the fact that she could get away whenever she wanted and he couldn't do a thing about it. "Why do you continue resisting the Masks? They took down the Guild and they make sure that the streets... well, whatever streets they deem necessary... are safe. If we weren't here then chaos would be the rule of the day." He couldn't hide the irritation in his voice when he talked about the streets that the Masks patrolled.