This is a concept Viatorus seems to struggle with. His brow twitches through various kinds of frown. "Can the appearance of belief really come anything close to true belief, and the effect of it?"

He doesn't think so. No. It can't be so. Deception, with no basis, could never be as strong, as resilient as true belief.

"Sometimes lies become truths. Sometimes people willingly choose a lie over a truth. An illusion. A dream." He goes quiet and thoughtful for a moment, his gaze drifting away until he realises himself and looks to Johann again. "Affirm it enough times and it might become more than a lie."