[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Lord Windos]

Simply because she doesn't enjoy talking about it and it's her thing, something she does desire to do and take care of alone. The phrasing of it being deception is more meant in the longer run, since she cannot estimate how things go on. It's better to not approach her with this topic please, since it'll be pretty hindering in reparing the crack of trust she holds for Nathan. It got a little better by now, but things are fragile with both Nathan and Ven(!) since while she is forgiving, she struggles to forget and everything will come back when triggered. Ven has the small boni that he became a close friend meanwhile and he REALLY expressed that he's sorry for what he did and promised to make up for that by being supportive to her, something she greatly values already before things went problematic due to his overprotectivenes towards Nathan.

While Ventus may have more or less figured out who the Inflitrator is, he's entirely uninterested in fouling things up for Shiva, the Daycare owners (For both pragmatic reasons [Ariel's Care] and legitimate concern], and the mission/baby Absol itself. As promised, he's going to keep his opinions and thoughts on the mission close to his heart, as he very much aware of the myriad consequence if word got out and the wrong parties hear about it. If Nathan ever comes to him about HIS suspicions, well Ven is not going to LIE to the boy, but he's going to be pretty unhelpful in clarifying/confirming anything about the mission (Though his question dodging + Kirlia's Empathy could ferret out answers anyway, if Iron permits.)

That, and he doesn't want to disappoint Shiva anymore than he already has! He does care deeply about her, you know, though not to the point of love...yet.