[Without his magic Liem cannot discern Byleth's auras, cannot tell if there is an enchantment at work, or if his alignment is suddenly unusual. But he can tell easily that the solemn, formal man with his strange, silent heart is acting very different from the time they'd spoken in Alenroux, and the occasions when he'd seen him speak over public communions.

Many of them have been acting different, trapped in this cavern and plagued with corruption. But that is exactly why Liem manages to summon his curiosity, despite the cloud of resignation hanging over him.]

It would be foolish of me to close my ears to those around me in this circumstance.

["The little ones"? No, this person does not speak like Byleth at all. This goes beyond a shift of personality due to shard corruption; it is as if he has become an entirely different person.]

Have you re-Harmonized already, then? Cleared your mind of the lingering qualms that the Oracle forced upon us?