"No." His voice is resolute, as only a true god can be and only a true god can understand.
"How many battles have you watched me fight alone. How many battles have I come to regret."
He takes her hand firmly. In his eyes she sees for a moment two gods, Jo'Karr of the Mortals, and Alexandra of the Heavens. Light, Life, Death, War, Truth, Freedom, Justice, Folly, Wisdom, all things that make up a crusader's heart, she finds in him.
For a moment, he seems as a being of light, almost as bright as Shara herself. In that moment, she can see a battle-hardened being, solid as the Rock of Ages, with the willpower of two beings, each as strong as any first-born god. The moment fades, and all that remains is Joxandar, the Crusader, the War God of Light.
"If there is to be horror, let us face it together. I will not let you fall as I once did."
OOC: Shara, the robe is what he's wearing.