I saw most of it before I descended into bossfightland, yeah. Awww. (Josh would probably gently point out that he and Ven don't have a direct line to each other's hearts, so they kind of have to talk more.)

He's not as powercapped because he was consciously saving strength for emergencies, but still worn out and with about a third of his brain working on strategies for next time. Emotionally he's kind of worried and insecure, but determined to make things work out, and still pretty confident that he did the right thing. (Time will help soothe that, but right now in the current timeline he did just agree to let his boyfriend date another boy, so he's still in the "will this actually work out the way we think it will, are we sure this won't end badly for me" phase of things; it's a new thing and he's nervous about it.) Long-term, he's basically pretty happy with where things are going, confident that Aather is progressing against its enemies and happy that his skillset is useful and valuable in the situation they're in.

How's Clover doing?