[Ives is not a good liar, even not knowing him, it's very obvious to most if he's being untruthful. He has long stopped bothering, flat honesty is much easier. He doesn't have to worry about up keeping secrets and falsehoods. His mind is crowded enough without all that to keep track of.]

Wise. You'll keep your head on your shoulders longer, that way. This world has many falsehoods and is exceedingly arbitrary at times. Still, you will get a feel for it, with time and experience.

[Ives sure is talking like a wise old man for someone who looks, at most, twenty years old. He's tall, sure, but his face is quite young and the horns on his head have a certain youthful quality, far from grown in. His tone is so confident it tips into being disinterested, so casual he sounds almost bored with it all.]