Joshua just smiles at Clive, honestly, and gestures gently with his hand. The baby wants up, Clive.

"And very well, at that."

Goodness, they're adorable. Joshua has never spent really any amount of time around actual baby humans - the meeting with Waljas notwithstanding, he was not truly tasked with or left alone with an infant then - but he's been around young animals.

And he's packed accordingly. One doesn't visit empty-handed, after all. As Clive hefts the baby up on his shoulder, Joshua pulls out a small cloth bag from his pocket, pulling out a piece of dried fish, holding it for Pearl to inspect.

"Might I offer a bite?"